Method of providing fixed region information or offset region information for subtitle in virtual reality system and device for controlling the same

ABSTRACT

A method and apparatus of/for providing subtitles for a 360-degree content, the method including generating 360-degree video data captured by at least one camera; stitching the 360-degree video data; projecting the 360-degree video data to a 2D image; encoding the 2D image into a video stream; generating a 360-degree subtitle Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) message for signaling a subtitle for the 360-degree content; inserting the 360-degree subtitle SEI message into the video stream; and generating a signal including the video stream, and transmitting the signal.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional PatentApplication No. 62/506,515, filed on May 15, 2017, which is herebyincorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a method of transmitting 360-degreevideo, a method of receiving 360-degree video, a device for transmitting360-degree video and a device for receiving 360-degree video.

Discussion of the Related Art

A virtual reality (VR) system provides, to a user, the experience ofbeing in an electronically projected environment. The VR system can beenhanced in order to provide images with higher definition and spatialsounds. The VR system can allow a user to interactively use VR content.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The VR system needs to be enhanced in order to more efficiently provideVR environments to users. To this end, it is necessary to provide datatransmission efficiency for transmission of a large amount of data suchas VR content, robustness between transmission and reception networks,network flexibility taking into consideration of a mobile receiver,efficient reproduction and a signaling method, etc.

In addition, since general timed text markup language (TTML) basedsubtitles or bitmap based subtitles are not created in consideration of360-degree video, it is necessary to extend subtitle related featuresand subtitle related signaling information to be adapted to use cases ofa VR service in order to provide subtitles suitable for 360-degreevideo.

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to an apparatus forproviding subtitles for a 360 content at both the transmitting side andthe receiving side, and methods for providing subtitles for a 360content at both the transmitting side and the receiving side.

The method of providing subtitles for a 360 content, according to anaspect of the present invention, comprising: generating 360 video datacaptured by at least one camera; stitching the 360 video data;projecting the 360 video data to a 2D image; encoding the 2D image intoa video stream; generating a 360 subtitle Supplemental EnhancementInformation (SEI) message for signaling a subtitle for the 360 content;inserting the 360 subtitle SEI message into the video stream; andgenerating a broadcast signal including the video stream, andtransmitting the broadcast signal, wherein the 360 subtitle SEI messageincludes a subtitle ID for identifying the subtitle, a region ID foridentifying a subtitle region where the subtitle is overlayed in a 360space, and subtitle region information for specifying the subtitleregion in the 360 space, and wherein the subtitle region information iseither fixed region information or offset region information, the fixedregion information is for specifying the subtitle region fixed in the360 space, and the offset region information is for specifying thesubtitle region changing in the 360 space based on a viewport.

Preferably, the fixed region information includes first informationindicating a top-left point of the subtitle region, and secondinformation indicating a bottom-right point of the subtitle region inthe 360 space.

Preferably, the fixed region information includes first informationindicating a start point being an agular point of the subtitle region,second information indicating an end point being an other angular pointof the subtitle region diagonally located from the angular point, andthird information indicating a middle point for specifying a location ofthe subtitle region in the 360 space.

Preferably, the fixed region information includes center informationindicating yaw, pitch and roll values of a center point of the subtitleregion, and range information indicating horizontal and vertical rangesof the subtitle region from the center point.

Preferably, the offset region information includes offset centerinformation indicating yaw, pitch and roll offsets for a center point ofthe subtitle region, range information indicating horizontal andvertical ranges of the subtitle region from the center point, and typeinformation for indicating a type of the offset center information.

Preferably, when the type information indicates a first type, the offsetcenter information indicates yaw, pitch and roll offsets between thecenter point of the subtitle region and a center point of the viewportcurrently being used.

Preferably, when the type information indicates a second type, theoffset center information indicates yaw, pitch and roll offsets betweenthe center point of the subtitle region and a center point of a previoussubtitle region specified by a previous 360 subtitle SEI message.

Preferably, the 360 subtitle SEI message further includes numberinformation for indicating the number of multiple subtitle regions wherethe same subtitle identified by the subtitle ID is overlayed, andmultiple sets of region IDs and subtitle region information foridentifying and specifying the multiple subtitle regions in the 360space.

The apparatus for providing subtitles for a 360 content, according toother aspect of the present invention, comprising: a processorconfigured to generate 360 video data captured by at least one camera; astitcher configured to stitch the 360 video data; a projection processorconfigured to project the 360 video data to a 2D image; a data encoderconfigured to encode the 2D image into a video stream; a metadataprocessor configured to generate a 360 subtitle Supplemental EnhancementInformation (SEI) message for signaling a subtitle for the 360 content,wherein the data encoder is further configured to insert the 360subtitle SEI message into the video stream; a transport processorconfigured to generate a broadcast signal including the video stream;and a transmitter configured to transmit the broadcast signal, whereinthe 360 subtitle SEI message includes a subtitle ID for identifying thesubtitle, a region ID for identifying a subtitle region where thesubtitle is overlayed in a 360 space, and subtitle region informationfor specifying the subtitle region in the 360 space, and wherein thesubtitle region information is either fixed region information or offsetregion information, the fixed region information is for specifying thesubtitle region fixed in the 360 space, and the offset regioninformation is for specifying the subtitle region changing in the 360space based on a viewport.

Preferably, the fixed region information includes first informationindicating a top-left point of the subtitle region, and secondinformation indicating a bottom-right point of the subtitle region inthe 360 space.

Preferably, the fixed region information includes first informationindicating a start point being an agular point of the subtitle region,second information indicating an end point being an other angular pointof the subtitle region diagonally located from the angular point, andthird information indicating a middle point for specifying a location ofthe subtitle region in the 360 space.

Preferably, the fixed region information includes center informationindicating yaw, pitch and roll values of a center point of the subtitleregion, and range information indicating horizontal and vertical rangesof the subtitle region from the center point.

Preferably, the offset region information includes offset centerinformation indicating yaw, pitch and roll offsets for a center point ofthe subtitle region, range information indicating horizontal andvertical ranges of the subtitle region from the center point, and typeinformation for indicating a type of the offset center information.

Preferably, when the type information indicates a first type, the offsetcenter information indicates yaw, pitch and roll offsets between thecenter point of the subtitle region and a center point of the viewportcurrently being used.

Preferably, when the type information indicates a second type, theoffset center information indicates yaw, pitch and roll offsets betweenthe center point of the subtitle region and a center point of a previoussubtitle region specified by a previous 360 subtitle SEI message.

Preferably, the 360 subtitle SEI message further includes numberinformation for indicating the number of multiple subtitle regions wherethe same subtitle identified by the subtitle ID is overlayed, andmultiple sets of region IDs and subtitle region information foridentifying and specifying the multiple subtitle regions in the 360space.

The present invention can efficiently transmit 360-degree content in anenvironment in which next-generation hybrid broadcasting usingterrestrial broadcast networks and the Internet is supported.

The present invention can provide a method for providing interactiveexperience when a user uses 360-degree content.

The present invention can propose a signaling method for correctlyreflecting the intention of a 360-degree content producer in consumptionof 360-degree content.

The present invention can propose a method for efficiently increasingtransmission capacity and delivering necessary information in deliveryof 360-degree content.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates architecture for providing 360-degree video accordingto the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates a 360-degree video transmission device according toone aspect of the present invention.

FIG. 3 illustrates a 360-degree video reception device according toanother aspect of the present invention.

FIG. 4 illustrates a 360-degree video transmission device/360-degreevideo reception device according to another embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 5 illustrates the concept of aircraft principal axes for describinga 3D space according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 illustrates projection schemes according to one embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates tiles according to one embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 8 illustrates 360-degree video related metadata according to oneembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 illustrates a media file structure according to one embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 10 illustrates a hierarchical structure of boxes in ISOBMFFaccording to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 illustrates overall operation of a DASH based adaptive streamingmodel according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for describing metadata related to 360-degreesubtitles according to an embodiment of the present invention whensubtitles are rendered at a fixed position on a sphere.

FIG. 13 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention represented in the form of asupplemental enhancement information (SEI) message when subtitles arerendered at a fixed position on a sphere.

FIG. 14 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anotherembodiment of the present invention represented in the form of an SEImessage when subtitles are rendered at a fixed position on a sphere.

FIG. 15 illustrates delivery of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxA class and360-degree subtitle related metadata defined as the class inRegionOnSphereSampleEntry or RegionOnSphereSample( ).

FIG. 16 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment represented in the form of a DASH based descriptor whensubtitles are rendered at a fixed position on a sphere.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for illustrating 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata according to an embodiment of the present invention whensubtitles are rendered at a position varying according to viewports.

FIG. 18 shows the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention represented in the form of an SEImessage when subtitles are rendered at a position varying according toviewports.

FIG. 19 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anotherembodiment of the present invention represented in the form of an SEImessage when subtitles are rendered at a fixed position on a sphere.

FIG. 20 illustrates delivery of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxB class and360-degree subtitle related metadata defined as the class inRegionOnSphereSampleEntry or RegionOnSphereSample( ).

FIG. 21 illustrates delivery of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxP class and360-degree subtitle related metadata defined as the class inRegionOnSphereSampleEntry or RegionOnSphereSample( ).

FIG. 22 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anotherembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor.

FIG. 23 is a diagram for describing 360-degree subtitle related metadataaccording to an embodiment of the present invention when subtitles arerendered on the basis of an actual display screen.

FIG. 24 is a diagram for describing 360-degree subtitle related metadataaccording to an embodiment of the present invention when subtitles arerendered on the basis of an actual display screen.

FIG. 25 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment which is represented in the form of an SEI message whensubtitles are rendered on the basis of an actual display screen.

FIG. 26 illustrates delivery of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxC class and360-degree subtitle related metadata defined as the class inRegionOnSphereSampleEntry according to an embodiment.

FIG. 27 illustrates delivery of SubtitleOverlayInfoC( ) and 360-degreesubtitle related metadata defined as SubtitleOverlayInfoC( ) inRegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 28 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor when subtitles are rendered on the basis of anactual display screen.

FIG. 29 is a diagram for describing 360-degree subtitle related metadataaccording to an embodiment of the present invention when subtitles arerendered on the basis of an audio object or a video object.

FIG. 30 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofan SEI message when subtitles are rendered on the basis of an audioobject.

FIGS. 31, 32 and 33 are diagrams for describing the audio_object_idfield and the audio_object_priority field in 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata when subtitles are rendered on the basis of an audio object.

FIG. 34 shows a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxD class delivered throughRegionOnSphereSampleEntry and SubtitleOverlayInfoD delivered throughRegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 35 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofan SEI message when subtitles are rendered on the basis of a videoobject.

FIG. 36 shows a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxE class and aSubtitlePositionConfigBox class delivered throughRegionOnSphereSampleEntry according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 37 shows SubtitlePositionInfo( ) and SubtitleOverlayInfoE( )delivered through RegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 38 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor when subtitles are rendered on the basis of anaudio object or a video object.

FIG. 39 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofan SEI message in the case of stereoscopic subtitles.

FIG. 40 shows a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxF class delivered throughRegionOnSphereSampleEntry and SubtitleOverlayInfoF( ) delivered throughRegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 41 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor.

FIG. 42 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata, which is representedin the form of an SEI message in a case in which subtitle rendering isinterrupted when video is zoomed in by a specific level or more,according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 43 shows a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxG class delivered throughRegionOnSphereSampleEntry and SubtitleOverlayInfoG( ) delivered throughRegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 44 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor in a case in which subtitle rendering isinterrupted when video is zoomed in by a specific level or more.

FIG. 45 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofan SEI message when a viewport recommended per subtitle or audio objectis signaled.

FIG. 46 shows a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxH class delivered throughRegionOnSphereSampleEntry and SubtitleOverlayInfoH( ) delivered throughRegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 47 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor when a viewport recommended per subtitle oraudio object is signaled.

FIG. 48 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofan SEI message when a depth or disparity value of subtitles iscontrolled depending on a depth or disparity value of a viewport.

FIG. 49 illustrates delivery of 360-degree subtitle related metadatadefined as SubtitleOverlayInfoI through RegionOnSphereSample( ).

FIG. 50 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor when a depth or disparity value of subtitles iscontrolled according to a depth or disparity value of a viewport.

FIG. 51 is a diagram showing a method of providing a subtitle for360-degree content (on the transmitting side) according to an embodimentof the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of thepresent invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings. The detailed description, which will be given below withreference to the accompanying drawings, is intended to explain exemplaryembodiments of the present invention, rather than to show the onlyembodiments that may be implemented according to the present invention.The following detailed description includes specific details in order toprovide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, itwill be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present inventionmay be practiced without such specific details.

Although most terms used in the present invention have been selectedfrom general ones widely used in the art, some terms have beenarbitrarily selected by the applicant and their meanings are explainedin detail in the following description as needed. Thus, the presentinvention should be understood based upon the intended meanings of theterms rather than their simple names or meanings.

FIG. 1 illustrates an architecture for providing 360 video according tothe present invention. The present invention provides a method forproviding 360 content to provide VR (Virtual Reality) to users. VRrefers to a technique or an environment for replicating an actual orvirtual environment. VR artificially provides sensuous experiences tousers, and users can experience electronically projected environments.

360 content refers to convent for realizing and providing VR and mayinclude 360 video and/or 360 audio. 360 video may refer to video orimage content which is necessary to provide VR and is captured orreproduced in all directions (360 degrees). 360 video can refer to videoor image represented on 3D spaces in various forms according to 3Dmodels. For example, 360 video can be represented on a spherical plane.360 audio is audio content for providing VR and can refer to spatialaudio content which can be recognized as content having an audiogeneration source located on a specific space. 360 content can begenerated, processed and transmitted to users, and users can consume VRexperiences using the 360 content.

The present invention proposes a method for effectively providing 360video. To provide 360 video, first, 360 video can be captured using oneor more cameras. The captured 360 video is transmitted through a seriesof processes, and a receiving side can process received data into theoriginal 360 video and render the 360 video. Accordingly, the 360 videocan be provided to a user.

Specifically, a procedure for providing 360 video may include a captureprocess, a preparation process, a transmission process, a processingprocess, a rendering process and/or a feedback process.

The capture process may refer to a process of capturing images or videosfor a plurality of views through one or more cameras. The shownimage/video data t1010 can be generated through the capture process.Each plane of the shown image/video data t1010 can refer to animage/video for each view. The captured images/videos may be called rawdata. In the capture process, metadata related to capture can begenerated.

For capture, a special camera for VR may be used. When 360 video withrespect to a virtual space generated using a computer is provided in anembodiment, capture using a camera may not be performed. In this case,the capture process may be replaced by a process of simply generatingrelated data.

The preparation process may be a process of processing the capturedimages/videos and metadata generated in the capture process. Thecaptured images/videos may be subjected to stitching, projection,region-wise packing and/or encoding in the preparation process.

First, each image/video may pass through a stitching process. Thestitching process may be a process of connecting captured images/videosto create a single panorama image/video or a spherical image/video.

Then, the stitched images/videos may pass through a projection process.In the projection process, the stitched images/videos can be projectedon a 2D image. This 2D image may be called a 2D image frame. Projectionon a 2D image may be represented as mapping to the 2D image. Theprojected image/video data can have a form of a 2D image t1020 as shownin the figure.

The video data projected on the 2D image can pass through a region-wisepacking process in order to increase video coding efficiency.Region-wise packing may refer to a process of dividing video dataprojected on a 2D image into regions and processing the regions. Here,regions may refer to regions obtained by dividing a 2D image on which360 video data is projected. Such regions can be obtained by dividingthe 2D image equally or arbitrarily according to an embodiment. Regionsmay be divided according to a projection scheme according to anembodiment. The region-wise packing process is an optional process andthus may be omitted in the preparation process.

According to an embodiment, this process may include a process ofrotating the regions or rearranging the regions on the 2D image in orderto increase video coding efficiency. For example, the regions can berotated such that specific sides of regions are positioned in proximityto each other to increase coding efficiency.

According to an embodiment, the this process may include a process ofincreasing or decreasing the resolution of a specific region in order todifferentiate the resolution for regions of the 360 video. For example,the resolution of regions corresponding to a relatively important partof the 360 video can be increased to higher than other regions. Thevideo data projected on the 2D image or the region-wise packed videodata can pass through an encoding process using a video codec.

According to an embodiment, the preparation process may additionallyinclude an editing process. In this editing process, the image/videodata before or after projection may be edited. In the preparationprocess, metadata with respect to stitching/projection/encoding/editingmay be generated. In addition, metadata with respect to the initial viewor ROI (region of interest) of the video data projected on the 2D imagemay be generated.

The transmission process may be a process of processing and transmittingthe image/video data and metadata which have pass through thepreparation process. For transmission, processing according to anarbitrary transmission protocol may be performed. The data that has beenprocessed for transmission can be delivered over a broadcast networkand/or broadband. The data may be delivered to a receiving side in anon-demand manner. The receiving side can receive the data throughvarious paths.

The processing process refers to a process of decoding the received dataand re-projecting the projected image/video data on a 3D model. In thisprocess, the image/video data projected on the 2D image can bere-projected on a 3D space. This process may be called mappingprojection. Here, the 3D space on which the data is mapped may have aform depending on a 3D model. For example, 3D models may include asphere, a cube, a cylinder and a pyramid.

According to an embodiment, the processing process may further includean editing process, an up-scaling process, etc. In the editing process,the image/video data before or after re-projection can be edited. Whenthe image/video data has been reduced, the size of the image/video datacan be increased through up-scaling of samples in the up-scalingprocess. As necessary, the size may be decreased through down-scaling.

The rendering process may refer to a process of rendering and displayingthe image/video data re-projected on the 3D space. Re-projection andrendering may be collectively represented as rendering on a 3D mode. Theimage/video re-projected (or rendered) on the 3D model may have a formt1030 as shown in the figure. The form t1030 corresponds to a case inwhich the image/video data is re-projected on a spherical 3D model. Auser can view a region of the rendered image/video through a VR displayor the like. Here, the region viewed by the user may have a form t1040shown in the figure.

The feedback process may refer to a process of delivering various typesof feedback information which can be acquired in the display process toa transmission side. Through the feedback process, interactivity in 360video consumption can be provided. According to an embodiment, headorientation information, viewport information indicating a regioncurrently viewed by a user, etc. can be delivered to the transmissionside in the feedback process. According to an embodiment, a user caninteract with content realized in a VR environment. In this case,information related to the interaction may be delivered to thetransmission side or a service provider during the feedback process.According to an embodiment, the feedback process may not be performed.

The head orientation information may refer to information about theposition, angle and motion of a user's head. On the basis of thisinformation, information about a region of 360 video currently viewed bythe user, that is, viewport information can be calculated.

The viewport information may be information about a region of 360 videocurrently viewed by a user. Gaze analysis may be performed using theviewport information to check a manner in which the user consumes 360video, a region of the 360 video at which the user gazes, and how longthe user gazes at the region. Gaze analysis may be performed by thereceiving side and the analysis result may be delivered to thetransmission side through a feedback channel. An apparatus such as a VRdisplay can extract a viewport region on the basis of theposition/direction of a user's head, vertical or horizontal FOVsupported by the apparatus, etc.

According to an embodiment, the aforementioned feedback information maybe consumed at the receiving side as well as being delivered to thetransmission side. That is, decoding, re-projection and renderingprocesses of the receiving side can be performed using theaforementioned feedback information. For example, only 360 video withrespect to the region currently viewed by the user can be preferentiallydecoded and rendered using the head orientation information and/or theviewport information.

Here, a viewport or a viewport region can refer to a region of 360 videocurrently viewed by a user. A viewpoint is a point in 360 video which isviewed by the user and can refer to a center point of a viewport region.That is, a viewport is a region based on a view, and the size and formof the region can be determined by FOV (field of view) which will bedescribed below.

In the above-described architecture for providing 360 video, image/videodata which is subjected to a series ofcapture/projection/encoding/transmission/decoding/re-projection/renderingprocesses can be called 360 video data. The term “360 video data” may beused as the concept including metadata or signaling information relatedto such image/video data.

FIG. 2 illustrates a 360 video transmission apparatus according to oneaspect of the present invention.

According to one aspect, the present invention can relate to a 360 videotransmission apparatus. The 360 video transmission apparatus accordingto the present invention can perform operations related to theabove-described preparation process to the transmission process. The 360video transmission apparatus according to the present invention mayinclude a data input unit, a stitcher, a projection processor, aregion-wise packing processor (not shown), a metadata processor, atransmitter feedback processor, a data encoder, an encapsulationprocessor, a transmission processor and/or a transmitter asinternal/external elements.

The data input unit may receive captured images/videos for respectiveviews. The images/videos for the views may be images/videos captured byone or more cameras. In addition, the data input unit may receivemetadata generated in a capture process. The data input unit may deliverthe received images/videos for the views to the stitcher and deliver themetadata generated in the capture process to a signaling processor.

The stitcher may stitch the captured images/videos for the views. Thestitcher can deliver the stitched 360 video data to the projectionprocessor. The stitcher may receive necessary metadata from the metadataprocessor and use the metadata for stitching operation. The stitcher maydeliver the metadata generated in the stitching process to the metadataprocessor. The metadata in the stitching process may include informationindicating whether stitching has been performed, a stitching type, etc.

The projection processor can project the stitched 360 video data on a 2Dimage. The projection processor can perform projection according tovarious schemes which will be described below. The projection processorcan perform mapping in consideration of the depth of 360 video data foreach view. The projection processor may receive metadata necessary forprojection from the metadata processor and use the metadata for theprojection operation as necessary. The projection processor may delivermetadata generated in a projection process to the metadata processor.The metadata of the projection process may include a projection schemetype.

The region-wise packing processor (not shown) can perform theaforementioned region-wise packing process. That is, the region-wisepacking processor can perform a process of dividing the projected 360video data into regions, rotating or rearranging the regions or changingthe resolution of each region. As described above, the region-wisepacking process is an optional process, and when region-wise packing isnot performed, the region-wise packing processor can be omitted. Theregion-wise packing processor may receive metadata necessary forregion-wise packing from the metadata processor and use the metadata forthe region-wise packing operation as necessary. The metadata of theregion-wise packing processor may include a degree to which each regionis rotated, the size of each region, etc.

The aforementioned stitcher, the projection processor and/or theregion-wise packing processor may be realized by one hardware componentaccording to an embodiment.

The metadata processor can process metadata which can be generated inthe capture process, the stitching process, the projection process, theregion-wise packing process, the encoding process, the encapsulationprocess and/or the processing process for transmission. The metadataprocessor can generate 360 video related metadata using such metadata.According to an embodiment, the metadata processor may generate the 360video related metadata in the form of a signaling table. The 360 videorelated metadata may be called metadata or 360 video related signalinginformation according to signaling context. Furthermore, the metadataprocessor can deliver acquired or generated metadata to internalelements of the 360 video transmission apparatus as necessary. Themetadata processor may deliver the 360 video related metadata to thedata encoder, the encapsulation processor and/or the transmissionprocessor such that the metadata can be transmitted to the receivingside.

The data encoder can encode the 360 video data projected on the 2D imageand/or the region-wise packed 360 video data. The 360 video data can beencoded in various formats.

The encapsulation processor can encapsulate the encoded 360 video dataand/or 360 video related metadata into a file. Here, the 360 videorelated metadata may be delivered from the metadata processor. Theencapsulation processor can encapsulate the data in a file format suchas ISOBMFF, CFF or the like or process the data into a DASH segment. Theencapsulation processor may include the 360 video related metadata in afile format according to an embodiment. For example, the 360 videorelated metadata can be included in boxes of various levels in anISOBMFF file format or included as data in an additional track in afile. The encapsulation processor can encapsulate the 360 video relatedmetadata into a file according to an embodiment. The transmissionprocessor can perform processing for transmission on the 360 video dataencapsulated in a file format. The transmission processor can processthe 360 video data according to an arbitrary transmission protocol. Theprocessing for transmission may include processing for delivery througha broadcast network and processing for delivery over a broadband.According to an embodiment, the transmission processor may receive 360video related metadata from the metadata processor in addition to the360 video data and perform processing for transmission on the 360 videorelated metadata.

The transmission unit can transmit the processed 360 video data and/orthe 360 video related metadata over a broadcast network and/orbroadband. The transmission unit can include an element for transmissionover a broadcast network and an element for transmission over abroadband.

According to an embodiment of the 360 video transmission apparatusaccording to the present invention, the 360 video transmission apparatusmay further include a data storage unit (not shown) as aninternal/external element. The data storage unit may store the encoded360 video data and/or 360 video related metadata before deliverythereof. Such data may be stored in a file format such as ISOBMFF. When360 video is transmitted in real time, the data storage unit may not beused. However, 360 video is delivered on demand, in non-real time orover a broadband, encapsulated 360 data may be stored in the datastorage unit for a predetermined period and transmitted.

According to another embodiment of the 360 video transmission apparatusaccording to the present invention, the 360 video transmission apparatusmay further include a transmitter feedback processor and/or a networkinterface (not shown) as internal/external elements. The networkinterface can receive feedback information from a 360 video receptionapparatus according to the present invention and deliver the feedbackinformation to the transmitter feedback processor. The transmitterfeedback processor can deliver the feedback information to the stitcher,the projection processor, the region-wise packing processor, the dataencoder, the encapsulation processor, the metadata processor and/or thetransmission processor. The feedback information may be delivered to themetadata processor and then delivered to each internal element accordingto an embodiment. Upon reception of the feedback information, internalelements can reflect the feedback information in 360 video dataprocessing.

According to another embodiment of the 360 video transmission apparatusaccording to the present invention, the region-wise packing processorcan rotate regions and map the regions on a 2D image. Here, the regionscan be rotated in different directions at different angles and mapped onthe 2D image. The regions can be rotated in consideration of neighboringparts and stitched parts of the 360 video data on the spherical planebefore projection. Information about rotation of the regions, that is,rotation directions and angles can be signaled using 360 video relatedmetadata. According to another embodiment of the 360 video transmissionapparatus according to the present invention, the data encoder canperform encoding differently on respective regions. The data encoder canencode a specific region with high quality and encode other regions withlow quality. The feedback processor at the transmission side can deliverthe feedback information received from a 360 video reception apparatusto the data encoder such that the data encoder can use encoding methodsdifferentiated for regions. For example, the transmitter feedbackprocessor can deliver viewport information received from a receivingside to the data encoder. The data encoder can encode regions includinga region indicated by the viewport information with higher quality (UHD)than other regions.

According to another embodiment of the 360 video transmission apparatusaccording to the present invention, the transmission processor canperform processing for transmission differently on respective regions.The transmission processor can apply different transmission parameters(modulation orders, code rates, etc.) to regions such that datadelivered to the regions have different robustnesses.

Here, the transmitter feedback processor can deliver the feedbackinformation received from the 360 video reception apparatus to thetransmission processor such that the transmission processor can performtransmission processing differentiated for respective regions. Forexample, the transmitter feedback processor can deliver viewportinformation received from the receiving side to the transmissionprocessor. The transmission processor can perform transmissionprocessing on regions including a region indicated by the viewportinformation such that the regions have higher robustness than otherregions.

The internal/external elements of the 360 video transmission apparatusaccording to the present invention may be hardware elements realized byhardware. According to an embodiment, the internal/external elements maybe modified, omitted, replaced by other elements or integrated withother elements. According to an embodiment, additional elements may beadded to the 360 video transmission apparatus.

FIG. 3 illustrates a 360 video reception apparatus according to anotheraspect of the present invention.

According to another aspect, the present invention may relate to a 360video reception apparatus. The 360 video reception apparatus accordingto the present invention can perform operations related to theabove-described processing process and/or the rendering process. The 360video reception apparatus according to the present invention may includea reception unit, a reception processor, a decapsulation processor, adata decoder, a metadata parser, a receiver feedback processor, are-projection processor and/or a renderer as internal/external elements.

The reception unit can receive 360 video data transmitted from the 360video transmission apparatus according to the present invention. Thereception unit may receive the 360 video data through a broadcastnetwork or a broadband according to a transmission channel.

The reception processor can perform processing according to atransmission protocol on the received 360 video data. The receptionprocessor can perform a reverse of the process of the transmissionprocessor. The reception processor can deliver the acquired 360 videodata to the decapsulation processor and deliver acquired 360 videorelated metadata to the metadata parser. The 360 video related metadataacquired by the reception processor may have a form of a signalingtable.

The decapsulation processor can decapsulate the 360 video data in a fileformat received from the reception processor. The decapsulationprocessor can decapsulate files in ISOBMFF to acquire 360 video data and360 video related metadata. The acquired 360 video data can be deliveredto the data decoder and the acquired 360 video related metadata can bedelivered to the metadata parser. The 360 video related metadataacquired by the decapsulation processor may have a form of box or trackin a file format. The decapsulation processor may receive metadatanecessary for decapsulation from the metadata parser as necessary.

The data decoder can decode the 360 video data. The data decoder mayreceive metadata necessary for decoding from the metadata parser. The360 video related metadata acquired in the data decoding process may bedelivered to the metadata parser.

The metadata parser can parse/decode the 360 video related metadata. Themetadata parser can deliver the acquired metadata to the datadecapsulation processor, the data decoder, the re-projection processorand/or the renderer.

The re-projection processor can re-project the decoded 360 video data.The re-projection processor can re-project the 360 video data on a 3Dspace. The 3D space may have different forms according to used 3D modes.The re-projection processor may receive metadata necessary forre-projection from the metadata parser. For example, the re-projectionprocessor can receive information about the type of a used 3D model anddetailed information thereof from the metadata parser. According to anembodiment, the re-projection processor may re-project only 360 videodata corresponding to a specific region on the 3D space on the 3D spaceusing the metadata necessary for re-projection.

The renderer can render the re-projected 360 video data. This may berepresented as rendering of the 360 video data on a 3D space asdescribed above. When two processes are simultaneously performed in thismanner, the re-projection processor and the renderer can be integratedto perform both the processes in the renderer. According to anembodiment, the renderer may render only a region viewed by a useraccording to view information of the user.

A user can view part of the rendered 360 video through a VR display. TheVR display is an apparatus for reproducing 360 video and may be includedin the 360 video reception apparatus (tethered) or connected to the 360video reception apparatus as a separate apparatus (un-tethered).

According to an embodiment of the 360 video reception apparatusaccording to the present invention, the 360 video reception apparatusmay further include a (receiver) feedback processor and/or a networkinterface (not shown) as internal/external elements. The receiverfeedback processor can acquire feedback information from the renderer,the re-projection processor, the data decoder, the decapsulationprocessor and/or the VR display and process the feedback information.The feedback information may include viewport information, headorientation information, gaze information, etc. The network interfacecan receive the feedback information from the receiver feedbackprocessor and transmit the same to the 360 video transmission apparatus.

As described above, the feedback information may be used by thereceiving side in addition to being delivered to the transmission side.The receiver feedback processor can deliver the acquired feedbackinformation to internal elements of the 360 video reception apparatussuch that the feedback information is reflected in a rendering process.The receiver feedback processor can deliver the feedback information tothe renderer, the re-projection processor, the data decoder and/or thedecapsulation processor. For example, the renderer can preferentiallyrender a region viewed by a user using the feedback information. Inaddition, the decapsulation processor and the data decoder canpreferentially decapsulate and decode a region viewed by the user or aregion to be viewed by the user.

The internal/external elements of the 360 video reception apparatusaccording to the present invention may be hardware elements realized byhardware. According to an embodiment, the internal/external elements maybe modified, omitted, replaced by other elements or integrated withother elements. According to an embodiment, additional elements may beadded to the 360 video reception apparatus.

Another aspect of the present invention may relate to a method oftransmitting 360 video and a method of receiving 360 video. The methodsof transmitting/receiving 360 video according to the present inventioncan be performed by the above-described 360 video transmission/receptionapparatuses or embodiments thereof.

The aforementioned embodiments of the 360 video transmission/receptionapparatuses and embodiments of the internal/external elements thereofmay be combined. For example, embodiments of the projection processorand embodiments of the data encoder can be combined to create as manyembodiments of the 360 video transmission apparatus as the number of theembodiments. The combined embodiments are also included in the scope ofthe present invention.

FIG. 4 illustrates a 360 video transmission apparatus/360 videoreception apparatus according to another embodiment of the presentinvention.

As described above, 360 content can be provided according to thearchitecture shown in (a). The 360 content can be provided in the formof a file or in the form of a segment based download or streamingservice such as DASH. Here, the 360 content can be called VR content.

As described above, 360 video data and/or 360 audio data may beacquired.

The 360 audio data can be subjected to audio preprocessing and audioencoding. In these processes, audio related metadata can be generated,and the encoded audio and audio related metadata can be subjected toprocessing for transmission (file/segment encapsulation).

The 360 video data can pass through the aforementioned processes. Thestitcher of the 360 video transmission apparatus can stitch the 360video data (visual stitching). This process may be omitted and performedat the receiving side according to an embodiment. The projectionprocessor of the 360 video transmission apparatus can project the 360video data on a 2D image (projection and mapping (packing)).

The stitching and projection processes are shown in (b) in detail. In(b), when the 360 video data (input images) is delivered, stitching andprojection can be performed thereon. The projection process can beregarded as projecting the stitched 360 video data on a 3D space andarranging the projected 360 video data on a 2D image. In thespecification, this process may be represented as projecting the 360video data on a 2D image. Here, the 3D space may be a sphere or a cube.The 3D space may be identical to the 3D space used for re-projection atthe receiving side.

The 2D image may also be called a projected frame (C). Region-wisepacking may be optionally performed on the 2D image. When region-wisepacking is performed, the positions, forms and sizes of regions can beindicated such that the regions on the 2D image can be mapped on apacked frame (D). When region-wise packing is not performed, theprojected frame can be identical to the packed frame. Regions will bedescribed below. The projection process and the region-wise packingprocess may be represented as projecting regions of the 360 video dataon a 2D image. The 360 video data may be directly converted into thepacked frame without an intermediate process according to design.

In (a), the projected 360 video data can be image-encoded orvideo-encoded. Since the same content can be present for differentviewpoints, the same content can be encoded into different bit streams.The encoded 360 video data can be processed into a file format such asISOBMFF according to the aforementioned encapsulation processor.Alternatively, the encapsulation processor can process the encoded 360video data into segments. The segments may be included in an individualtrack for DASH based transmission.

Along with processing of the 360 video data, 360 video related metadatacan be generated as described above. This metadata can be included in avideo stream or a file format and delivered. The metadata may be usedfor encoding, file format encapsulation, processing for transmission,etc.

The 360 audio/video data can pass through processing for transmissionaccording to the transmission protocol and then can be transmitted. Theaforementioned 360 video reception apparatus can receive the 360audio/video data over a broadcast network or broadband.

In (a), a VR service platform may correspond to an embodiment of theaforementioned 360 video reception apparatus. In (a),loudspeakers/headphones, display and head/eye tracking components areperformed by an external apparatus or a VR application of the 360 videoreception apparatus. According to an embodiment, the 360 video receptionapparatus may include all of these components. According to anembodiment, the head/eye tracking component may correspond to theaforementioned receiver feedback processor.

The 360 video reception apparatus can perform processing for reception(file/segment decapsulation) on the 360 audio/video data. The 360 audiodata can be subjected to audio decoding and audio rendering and providedto a user through a speaker/headphone.

The 360 video data can be subjected to image decoding or video decodingand visual rendering and provided to the user through a display. Here,the display may be a display supporting VR or a normal display.

As described above, the rendering process can be regarded as a processof re-projecting 360 video data on a 3D space and rendering there-projected 360 video data. This may be represented as rendering of the360 video data on the 3D space.

The head/eye tracking component can acquire and process head orientationinformation, gaze information and viewport information of a user. Thishas been described above.

A VR application which communicates with the aforementioned processes ofthe receiving side may be present at the receiving side.

FIG. 5 illustrates the concept of aircraft principal axes for describinga 3D space of the present invention.

In the present invention, the concept of aircraft principal axes can beused to represent a specific point, position, direction, spacing andregion in a 3D space.

That is, the concept of aircraft principal axes can be used to describea 3D space before projection or after re-projection and to signal thesame. According to an embodiment, a method using X, Y and Z axes or aspherical coordinate system may be used.

An aircraft can freely rotate in the three dimension. Axes which formthe three dimension are called pitch, yaw and roll axes. In thespecification, these may be represented as pitch, yaw and roll or apitch direction, a yaw direction and a roll direction.

The pitch axis may refer to a reference axis of a direction in which thefront end of the aircraft rotates up and down. In the shown concept ofaircraft principal axes, the pitch axis can refer to an axis connectedbetween wings of the aircraft.

The yaw axis may refer to a reference axis of a direction in which thefront end of the aircraft rotates to the left/right. In the shownconcept of aircraft principal axes, the yaw axis can refer to an axisconnected from the top to the bottom of the aircraft.

The roll axis may refer to an axis connected from the front end to thetail of the aircraft in the shown concept of aircraft principal axes,and rotation in the roll direction can refer to rotation based on theroll axis.

As described above, a 3D space in the present invention can be describedusing the concept of the pitch, yaw and roll.

FIG. 6 illustrates projection schemes according to an embodiment of thepresent invention.

As described above, the projection processor of the 360 videotransmission apparatus according to the present invention can projectstitched 360 video data on a 2D image. In this process, variousprojection schemes can be used.

According to another embodiment of the 360 video transmission apparatusaccording to the present invention, the projection processor can performprojection using a cubic projection scheme. For example, stitched videodata can be represented on a spherical plane. The projection processorcan segment the 360 video data into a cube and project the same on the2D image. The 360 video data on the spherical plane can correspond toplanes of the cube and be projected on the 2D image as shown in (a).

According to another embodiment of the 360 video transmission apparatusaccording to the present invention, the projection processor can performprojection using a cylindrical projection scheme. Similarly, if stitchedvideo data can be represented on a spherical plane, the projectionprocessor can segment the 360 video data into a cylinder and project thesame on the 2D image. The 360 video data on the spherical plane cancorrespond to the side, top and bottom of the cylinder and be projectedon the 2D image as shown in (b).

According to another embodiment of the 360 video transmission apparatusaccording to the present invention, the projection processor can performprojection using a pyramid projection scheme. Similarly, if stitchedvideo data can be represented on a spherical plane, the projectionprocessor can regard the 360 video data as a pyramid form and projectthe same on the 2D image. The 360 video data on the spherical plane cancorrespond to the front, left top, left bottom, right top and rightbottom of the pyramid and be projected on the 2D image as shown in (c).

According to an embodiment, the projection processor may performprojection using an equirectangular projection scheme and a panoramicprojection scheme in addition to the aforementioned schemes.

As described above, regions can refer to regions obtained by dividing a2D image on which 360 video data is projected. Such regions need notcorrespond to respective sides of the 2D image projected according to aprojection scheme. However, regions may be divided such that the sidesof the projected 2D image correspond to the regions and region-wisepacking may be performed according to an embodiment. Regions may bedivided such that a plurality of sides may correspond to one region orone side may correspond to a plurality of regions according to anembodiment. In this case, the regions may depend on projection schemes.For example, the top, bottom, front, left, right and back sides of thecube can be respective regions in (a). The side, top and bottom of thecylinder can be respective regions in (b). The front, left top, leftbottom, right top and right bottom sides of the pyramid can berespective regions in (c).

FIG. 7 illustrates tiles according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

360 video data projected on a 2D image or region-wise packed 360 videodata can be divided into one or more tiles. (a) shows that one 2D imageis divided into 16 tiles. Here, the 2D image may be the aforementionedprojected frame or packed frame. According to another embodiment of the360 video transmission apparatus according to the present invention, thedata encoder can independently encode the tiles.

The aforementioned region-wise packing can be discriminated from tiling.The aforementioned region-wise packing may refer to a process ofdividing 360 video data projected on a 2D image into regions andprocessing the regions in order to increase coding efficiency oradjusting resolution. Tiling may refer to a process through which thedata encoder divides a projected frame or a packed frame into tiles andindependently encode the tiles. When 360 video is provided, a user doesnot simultaneously use all parts of the 360 video. Tiling enables onlytiles corresponding to important part or specific part, such as aviewport currently viewed by the user, to be transmitted or consumed toor by a receiving side on a limited bandwidth. Through tiling, a limitedbandwidth can be used more efficiently and the receiving side can reducecomputational load compared to a case in which the entire 360 video datais processed simultaneously.

A region and a tile are discriminated from each other and thus they neednot be identical. However, a region and a tile may refer to the samearea according to an embodiment. Region-wise packing can be performed totiles and thus regions can correspond to tiles according to anembodiment. Furthermore, when sides according to a projection schemecorrespond to regions, each side, region and tile according to theprojection scheme may refer to the same area according to an embodiment.A region may be called a VR region and a tile may be called a tileregion according to context.

ROI (Region of Interest) may refer to a region of interest of users,which is provided by a 360 content provider. When 360 video is produced,the 360 content provider can produce the 360 video in consideration of aspecific region which is expected to be a region of interest of users.According to an embodiment, ROI may correspond to a region in whichimportant content of the 360 video is reproduced.

According to another embodiment of the 360 video transmission/receptionapparatuses according to the present invention, the receiver feedbackprocessor can extract and collect viewport information and deliver thesame to the transmitter feedback processor. In this process, theviewport information can be delivered using network interfaces of bothsides. In the 2D image shown in (a), a viewport t6010 is displayed.Here, the viewport may be displayed over nine tiles of the 2D images.

In this case, the 360 video transmission apparatus may further include atiling system. According to an embodiment, the tiling system may belocated following the data encoder (b), may be included in theaforementioned data encoder or transmission processor, or may beincluded in the 360 video transmission apparatus as a separateinternal/external element.

The tiling system may receive viewport information from the transmitterfeedback processor. The tiling system can select only tiles included ina viewport region and transmit the same. In the 2D image shown in (a),only nine tiles including the viewport region t6010 among 16 tiles canbe transmitted. Here, the tiling system can transmit tiles in a unicastmanner over a broadband because the viewport region is different forusers.

In this case, the transmitter feedback processor can deliver theviewport information to the data encoder. The data encoder can encodethe tiles including the viewport region with higher quality than othertiles.

Furthermore, the transmitter feedback processor can deliver the viewportinformation to the metadata processor. The metadata processor candeliver metadata related to the viewport region to each internal elementof the 360 video transmission apparatus or include the metadata in 360video related metadata.

By using this tiling method, transmission bandwidths can be saved andprocesses differentiated for tiles can be performed to achieve efficientdata processing/transmission.

The above-described embodiments related to the viewport region can beapplied to specific regions other than the viewport region in a similarmanner. For example, the aforementioned processes performed on theviewport region can be performed on a region determined to be a regionin which users are interested through the aforementioned gaze analysis,ROI, and a region (initial view, initial viewpoint) initially reproducedwhen a user views 360 video through a VR display.

According to another embodiment of the 360 video transmission apparatusaccording to the present invention, the transmission processor mayperform processing for transmission differently on tiles. Thetransmission processor can apply different transmission parameters(modulation orders, code rates, etc.) to tiles such that data deliveredfor the tiles has different robustnesses.

Here, the transmitter feedback processor can deliver feedbackinformation received from the 360 video reception apparatus to thetransmission processor such that the transmission processor can performtransmission processing differentiated for tiles. For example, thetransmitter feedback processor can deliver the viewport informationreceived from the receiving side to the transmission processor. Thetransmission processor can perform transmission processing such thattiles including the corresponding viewport region have higher robustnessthan other tiles.

FIG. 8 illustrates 360 video related metadata according to an embodimentof the present invention.

The aforementioned 360 video related metadata may include various typesof metadata related to 360 video. The 360 video related metadata may becalled 360 video related signaling information according to context. The360 video related metadata may be included in an additional signalingtable and transmitted, included in a DASH MPD and transmitted, orincluded in a file format such as ISOBMFF in the form of box anddelivered. When the 360 video related metadata is included in the formof box, the 360 video related metadata can be included in various levelssuch as a file, fragment, track, sample entry, sample, etc. and caninclude metadata about data of the corresponding level.

According to an embodiment, part of the metadata, which will bedescribed below, may be configured in the form of a signaling table anddelivered, and the remaining part may be included in a file format inthe form of a box or a track.

According to an embodiment of the 360 video related metadata, the 360video related metadata may include basic metadata related to aprojection scheme, stereoscopic related metadata, initial view/initialviewpoint related metadata, ROI related metadata, FOV (Field of View)related metadata and/or cropped region related metadata. According to anembodiment, the 360 video related metadata may include additionalmetadata in addition to the aforementioned metadata.

Embodiments of the 360 video related metadata according to the presentinvention may include at least one of the aforementioned basic metadata,stereoscopic related metadata, initial view/initial viewpoint relatedmetadata, ROI related metadata, FOV related metadata, cropped regionrelated metadata and/or additional metadata. Embodiments of the 360video related metadata according to the present invention may beconfigured in various manners depending on the number of cases ofmetadata included therein. According to an embodiment, the 360 videorelated metadata may further include additional metadata in addition tothe aforementioned metadata.

The basic metadata may include 3D model related information, projectionscheme related information and the like. The basic metadata can includea vr_geometry field, a projection_scheme field, etc. According to anembodiment, the basic metadata may further include additionalinformation.

The vr_geometry field can indicate the type of a 3D model supported bythe corresponding 360 video data. When the 360 video data isre-projected on a 3D space as described above, the 3D space can have aform according to a 3D model indicated by the vr_geometry field.According to an embodiment, a 3D model used for rendering may differfrom the 3D model used for re-projection, indicated by the vr_geometryfield. In this case, the basic metadata may further include a fieldwhich indicates the 3D model used for rendering. When the field hasvalues of 0, 1, 2 and 3, the 3D space can conform to 3D models of asphere, a cube, a cylinder and a pyramid. When the field has theremaining values, the field can be reserved for future use. According toan embodiment, the 360 video related metadata may further includedetailed information about the 3D model indicated by the field. Here,the detailed information about the 3D model can refer to the radius of asphere, the height of a cylinder, etc. for example. This field may beomitted.

The projection_scheme field can indicate a projection scheme used whenthe 360 video data is projected on a 2D image. When the field has valuesof 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, the field indicates that the equirectangularprojection scheme, cubic projection scheme, cylindrical projectionscheme, tile-based projection scheme, pyramid projection scheme andpanoramic projection scheme are used. When the field has a value of 6,the field indicates that the 360 video data is directly projected on the2D image without stitching. When the field has the remaining values, thefield can be reserved for future use. According to an embodiment, the360 video related metadata may further include detailed informationabout regions generated according to a projection scheme specified bythe field. Here, the detailed information about regions may refer toinformation indicating whether regions have been rotated, the radius ofthe top region of a cylinder, etc. for example.

The stereoscopic related metadata may include information about 3Drelated properties of the 360 video data. The stereoscopic relatedmetadata may include an is_stereoscopic field and/or a stereo_modefield. According to an embodiment, the stereoscopic related metadata mayfurther include additional information.

The is_stereoscopic field can indicate whether the 360 video datasupports 3D. When the field is 1, the 360 video data supports 3D. Whenthe field is 0, the 360 video data does not support 3D. This field maybe omitted.

The stereo_mode field can indicate 3D layout supported by thecorresponding 360 video. Whether the 360 video supports 3D can beindicated only using this field. In this case, the is_stereoscopic fieldcan be omitted. When the field is 0, the 360 video may be a mono mode.That is, the projected 2D image can include only one mono view. In thiscase, the 360 video may not support 3D.

When this field is 1 and 2, the 360 video can conform to left-rightlayout and top-bottom layout. The left-right layout and top-bottomlayout may be called a side-by-side format and a top-bottom format. Inthe case of the left-right layout, 2D images on which left image/rightimage are projected can be positioned at the left/right on an imageframe. In the case of the top-bottom layout, 2D images on which leftimage/right image are projected can be positioned at the top/bottom onan image frame. When the field has the remaining values, the field canbe reserved for future use.

The initial view/initial viewpoint related metadata may includeinformation about a view (initial view) which is viewed by a user wheninitially reproducing 360 video. The initial view/initial viewpointrelated metadata may include an initial_view_yaw_degree field, aninitial_view_pitch_degree field and/or an initial_view_roll_degreefield. According to an embodiment, the initial view/initial viewpointrelated metadata may further include additional information.

The initial_view_yaw_degree field, initial_view_pitch_degree field andinitial_view_roll_degree field can indicate an initial view when the 360video is reproduced. That is, the center point of a viewport which isinitially viewed when the 360 video is reproduced can be indicated bythese three fields. The fields can indicate the center point using adirection (sign) and a degree (angle) of rotation on the basis of yaw,pitch and roll axes. Here, the viewport which is initially viewed whenthe 360 video is reproduced according to FOV. The width and height ofthe initial viewport based on the indicated initial view can bedetermined through FOV. That is, the 360 video reception apparatus canprovide a specific region of the 360 video as an initial viewport to auser using the three fields and FOV information.

According to an embodiment, the initial view indicated by the initialview/initial viewpoint related metadata may be changed per scene. Thatis, scenes of the 360 video change as 360 content proceeds with time.The initial view or initial viewport which is initially viewed by a usercan change for each scene of the 360 video. In this case, the initialview/initial viewpoint related metadata can indicate the initial viewper scene. To this end, the initial view/initial viewpoint relatedmetadata may further include a scene identifier for identifying a sceneto which the initial view is applied. In addition, since FOV may changeper scene of the 360 video, the initial view/initial viewpoint relatedmetadata may further include FOV information per scene which indicatesFOV corresponding to the relative scene.

The ROI related metadata may include information related to theaforementioned ROI. The ROI related metadata may include a2d_roi_range_flag field and/or a 3d_roi_range_flag field. These twofields can indicate whether the ROI related metadata includes fieldswhich represent ROI on the basis of a 2D image or fields which representROI on the basis of a 3D space. According to an embodiment, the ROIrelated metadata may further include additional information such asdifferentiate encoding information depending on ROI and differentiatetransmission processing information depending on ROI.

When the ROI related metadata includes fields which represent ROI on thebasis of a 2D image, the ROI related metadata can include amin_top_left_x field, a max_top_left_x field, a min_top_left_y field, amax_top_left_y field, a min_width field, a max_width field, a min_heightfield, a max_height field, a min_x field, a max_x field, a min_y fieldand/or a max_y field.

The min_top_left_x field, max_top_left_x field, min_top_left_y field,max_top_left_y field can represent minimum/maximum values of thecoordinates of the left top end of the ROI. These fields cansequentially indicate a minimum x coordinate, a maximum x coordinate, aminimum y coordinate and a maximum y coordinate of the left top end.

The min_width field, max_width field, min_height field and max_heightfield can indicate minimum/maximum values of the width and height of theROI. These fields can sequentially indicate a minimum value and amaximum value of the width and a minimum value and a maximum value ofthe height.

The min_x field, max_x field, min_y field and max_y field can indicateminimum and maximum values of coordinates in the ROI. These fields cansequentially indicate a minimum x coordinate, a maximum x coordinate, aminimum y coordinate and a maximum y coordinate of coordinates in theROI. These fields can be omitted.

When ROI related metadata includes fields which indicate ROI on thebasis of coordinates on a 3D rendering space, the ROI related metadatacan include a min_yaw field, a max_yaw field, a min_pitch field, amax_pitch field, a min_roll field, a max_roll field, a min_field_of_viewfield and/or a max_field_of_view field.

The min_yaw field, max_yaw field, min_pitch field, max_pitch field,min_roll field and max_roll field can indicate a region occupied by ROIon a 3D space using minimum/maximum values of yaw, pitch and roll. Thesefields can sequentially indicate a minimum value of yaw-axis basedreference rotation amount, a maximum value of yaw-axis based referencerotation amount, a minimum value of pitch-axis based reference rotationamount, a maximum value of pitch-axis based reference rotation amount, aminimum value of roll-axis based reference rotation amount, and amaximum value of roll-axis based reference rotation amount.

The min_field_of_view field and max_field_of_view field can indicateminimum/maximum values of FOV of the corresponding 360 video data. FOVcan refer to the range of view displayed at once when 360 video isreproduced. The min_field_of_view field and max_field_of_view field canindicate minimum and maximum values of FOV. These fields can be omitted.These fields may be included in FOV related metadata which will bedescribed below.

The FOV related metadata can include the aforementioned FOV relatedinformation. The FOV related metadata can include a content_fov_flagfield and/or a content_fov field. According to an embodiment, the FOVrelated metadata may further include additional information such as theaforementioned minimum/maximum value related information of FOV.

The content_fov_flag field can indicate whether corresponding 360 videoincludes information about FOV intended when the 360 video is produced.When this field value is 1, a content_fov field can be present.

The content_fov field can indicate information about FOV intended whenthe 360 video is produced. According to an embodiment, a regiondisplayed to a user at once in the 360 video can be determined accordingto vertical or horizontal FOV of the 360 video reception apparatus.Alternatively, a region displayed to a user at once in the 360 video maybe determined by reflecting FOV information of this field according toan embodiment.

Cropped region related metadata can include information about a regionincluding 360 video data in an image frame. The image frame can includea 360 video data projected active video area and other areas. Here, theactive video area can be called a cropped region or a default displayregion. The active video area is viewed as 360 video on an actual VRdisplay and the 360 video reception apparatus or the VR display canprocess/display only the active video area. For example, when the aspectratio of the image frame is 4:3, only an area of the image frame otherthan an upper part and a lower part of the image frame can include 360video data. This area can be called the active video area.

The cropped region related metadata can include an is_cropped_regionfield, a cr_region_left_top_x field, a cr_region_left_top_y field, acr_region_width field and/or a cr_region_height field. According to anembodiment, the cropped region related metadata may further includeadditional information.

The is_cropped_region field may be a flag which indicates whether theentire area of an image frame is used by the 360 video receptionapparatus or the VR display. That is, this field can indicate whetherthe entire image frame indicates an active video area. When only part ofthe image frame is an active video area, the following four fields maybe added.

A cr_region_left_top_x field, a cr_region_left_top_y field, acr_region_width field and a cr_region_height field can indicate anactive video area in an image frame. These fields can indicate the xcoordinate of the left top, the y coordinate of the left top, the widthand the height of the active video area. The width and the height can berepresented in units of pixel.

FIG. 9 illustrates a media file structure according to one embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 10 illustrates a hierarchical structure of boxes in ISOBMFFaccording to one embodiment of the present invention.

To store and transmit media data such as audio or video, a standardizedmedia file format can be defined. According to an embodiment, a mediafile may have a file format based on ISO base media file format(ISOBMFF).

A media file according to the present invention may include at least onebox. Here, a box may be a data block or an object including media dataor metadata related to media data. Boxes may be arranged in ahierarchical structure, and thus data can be classified and a media filecan take a form suitable for storage and/or transmission of media data.In addition, the media file may have a structure which facilitatesaccessing media information such as user moving to a specific point inmedia content.

The media file according to the present invention can include an ftypbox, a moov box and/or an mdat box.

The ftyp box (file type box) can provide information related to filetype or compatibility of the corresponding media file. The ftyp box caninclude configuration version information about media data of the mediafile. A decoder can identify the corresponding media file with referenceto the ftyp box.

The moov box (movie box) may include metadata about the media data ofthe media file. The moov box can serve as a container for all pieces ofmetadata. The moov box may be a box at the highest level among metadatarelated boxes. According to an embodiment, only one moov box may beincluded in the media file.

The mdat box (media data box) may contain actual media data of thecorresponding media file. The media data can include audio samplesand/or video samples and the mdat box can serve as a container forcontaining such media samples.

According to an embodiment, the moov box may include an mvhd box, a trakbox and/or an mvex box as lower boxes.

The mvhd box (movie header box) can include media presentation relatedinformation of media data included in the corresponding media file. Thatis, the mvhd box can include information such as a media generationtime, change time, time standard and period of corresponding mediapresentation.

The trak box (track box) can provide information related to a track ofcorresponding media data. The trak box can include information such asstream related information about an audio track or a video track,presentation related information, and access related information. Aplurality of trak boxes may be provided depending on the number oftracks.

The trak box may include a tkhd box (track header box) as a lower boxaccording to an embodiment. The tkhd box can include information about atrack indicated by the trak box. The tkhd box can include informationsuch as a generation time, change time and track identifier of thecorresponding track.

The mvex box (movie extend box) can indicate that the correspondingmedia file may include a moof box which will be described below. Moovboxes may need to be scanned to recognize all media samples of aspecific track.

The media file according to the present invention may be divided into aplurality of fragments according to an embodiment (t18010). Accordingly,the media file can be segmented and stored or transmitted. Media data(mdat box) of the media file is divided into a plurality of fragmentsand each fragment can include the moof box and divided mdat boxes.According to an embodiment, information of the ftyp box and/or the moovbox may be necessary to use fragments.

The moof box (movie fragment box) can provide metadata about media dataof a corresponding fragment. The moof box may be a box at the highestlayer among boxes related to the metadata of the corresponding fragment.

The mdat box (media data box) can include actual media data as describedabove. The mdat box can include media samples of media datacorresponding to each fragment.

According to an embodiment, the aforementioned moof box can include anmfhd box and/or a traf box as lower boxes.

The mfhd box (movie fragment header box) can include information relatedto correlation of divided fragments. The mfhd box can include a sequencenumber to indicate the order of the media data of the correspondingfragment. In addition, it is possible to check whether there is omitteddata among divided data using the mfhd box.

The traf box (track fragment box) can include information about acorresponding track fragment. The traf box can provide metadata about adivided track fragment included in the corresponding fragment. The trafbox can provide metadata for decoding/reproducing media samples in thecorresponding track fragment. A plurality of traf boxes may be provideddepending on the number of track fragments.

According to an embodiment, the aforementioned traf box may include atfhd box and/or a trun box as lower boxes.

The tfhd box (track fragment header box) can include header informationof the corresponding track fragment. The tfhd box can provideinformation such as a basic sample size, period, offset and identifierfor media samples of the track fragment indicated by the aforementionedtraf box.

The trun box (track fragment run box) can include information related tothe corresponding track fragment. The trun box can include informationsuch as a period, size and reproduction timing of each media sample.

The aforementioned media file and fragments of the media file can beprocessed into segments and transmitted. Segments may include aninitialization segment and/or a media segment.

A file of an embodiment t18020 shown in the figure may be a fileincluding information related to initialization of a media decoderexcept media data. This file can correspond to the aforementionedinitialization segment. The initialization segment can include theaforementioned ftyp box and/or the moov box.

The file of an embodiment t18030 shown in the figure may be a fileincluding the aforementioned fragments. For example, this file cancorrespond to the aforementioned media segment. The media segment caninclude the aforementioned moof box and/or mdat box. In addition, themedia segment can further include a styp box and/or an sidx box.

The styp box (segment type box) can provide information for identifyingmedia data of a divided fragment. The styp box can perform the same roleas the aforementioned ftyp box for a divided fragment. According to anembodiment, the styp box can have the same format as the ftyp box.

The sidx box (segment index box) can provide information indicating anindex for a divided fragment. Accordingly, the sidx box can indicate theorder of the divided fragment.

An ssix box may be further provided according to an embodiment t18040.The ssix box (sub-segment index box) can provide information indicatingindexes of sub-segments when a segment is divided into the sub-segments.

Boxes in a media file may further include extended information on thebasis of a box as shown in an embodiment t18050 or a full box. In thisembodiment, a size field and a large size field can indicate the lengthof a corresponding box in bytes. A version field can indicate theversion of a corresponding box format. A type field can indicate thetype or identifier of the corresponding box. A flags field can indicateflags related to the corresponding box.

FIG. 11 illustrates overall operation of a DASH based adaptive streamingmodel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A DASH based adaptive streaming model according to an embodiment t50010shown in the figure describes operations between an HTTP server and aDASH client. Here, DASH (dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP) is aprotocol for supporting HTTP based adaptive streaming and candynamically support streaming depending on network state. Accordingly,reproduction of AV content can be seamlessly provided.

First, the DASH client can acquire an MPD. The MPD can be delivered froma service provider such as the HTTP server. The DASH client can requestsegments described in the MPD from the server using information foraccessing the segments. The request can be performed based on a networkstate.

The DASH client can acquire the segments, process the segments in amedia engine and display the processed segments on a screen. The DASHclient can request and acquire necessary segments by reflecting apresentation time and/or a network state in real time (adaptivestreaming). Accordingly, content can be seamlessly presented.

The MPD (media presentation description)) is a file including detainedinformation used for the DASH client to dynamically acquire segments andcan be represented in XML.

A DASH client controller can generate a command for requesting the MPDand/or segments on the basis of a network state. In addition, the DASHclient controller can control an internal block such as the media engineto use acquired information.

An MPD parser can parse the acquired MPD in real time. Accordingly, theDASH client controller can generate a command for acquiring necessarysegments.

A segment parser can parse acquired segments in real time. Internalblocks such as the media engine can perform a specific operationaccording to information included in the segment.

An HTTP client can request a necessary MPD and/or segments from the HTTPserver. In addition, the HTTP client can deliver the MPD and/or segmentsacquired from the server to the MPD parser or the segment parser.

The media engine can display content on the screen using media dataincluded in segments. Here, information of the MPD can be used.

A DASH data model may have a hierarchical structure t50020. Mediapresentation can be described by the MPD. The MPD can describe a timesequence of a plurality of periods which forms media presentation. Aperiod indicates one section of media content.

In one period, data can be included in adaptation sets. An adaptationset may be a set of media content components which can be exchanged.Adaption can include a set of representations. A representation cancorrespond to a media content component. In one representation, contentcan be temporally divided into a plurality of segments for appropriateaccessibility and delivery. To access each segment, the URL of eachsegment may be provided.

The MPD can provide information related to media presentation and aperiod element, an adaptation set element and a representation elementcan describe a corresponding period, adaptation set and representation.A representation can be divided into sub-representations, and asub-representation element can describe a correspondingsub-representation.

Here, common attribute/elements can be defined. The commonattributes/elements can be applied to (included in) sub-representations.The common attributes/elements may include an essential property and/ora supplemental property.

The essential property may be information including elements regarded asmandatory elements in processing of corresponding media presentationrelated data. The supplemental property may be information includingelements which may be used to process corresponding media presentationrelated data. In an embodiment, descriptors which will be describedbelow may be defined in the essential property and/or the supplementalproperty and delivered through an MPD.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for describing metadata related to 360-degreesubtitles according to an embodiment of the present invention whensubtitles are rendered at a fixed position on a sphere.

According to another embodiment of 360-degree video related metadataaccording to the present invention, the 360-degree video relatedmetadata may further include 360-degree subtitle related metadata. The360-degree subtitle related metadata may refer to metadata for rendering(overlaying) subtitles on a 360-degree video (or stereoscopic 360-degreevideo) when a VR display provides the 360-degree video.

As described above, the 360-degree video related metadata and 360-degreesubtitle related metadata may be included in an additional signalingtable and transmitted, may be included in a DASH MPD and transmitted ormay be included in a file format such as ISOBMFF in the form of a boxand delivered. When the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is includedin the form of a box, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata may beincluded in various levels such as a file, a fragment, a track, a sampleentry and a sample and may contain metadata about data of correspondinglevels.

In addition, the aforementioned 360-degree video related metadata and360-degree subtitle related metadata may be delivered in the form of anSEI message. The SEI message defined in H.264/AVC/MPEG-4 Part 10 isadditional information inserted into a video stream and can includeinformation for supporting video related use cases for various purposes.The SEI message may be video level signaling delivered together withvideo data in a video stream.

In addition, the above-described 360-degree video related metadata or360-degree subtitle related metadata may be transmitted together withthe corresponding data in an audio stream and/or a subtitle/closedcaption stream.

When the corresponding metadata is transferred in the audio stream, thecorresponding metadata may be included in a data type table, a contentkind table, or a preset kind table according to an embodiment. Herein,the data type table may be a table referenced to describe thecharacteristics of the object. The content kind table may be a tableindicating the characteristics of an element. The preset kind table maybe a table that provides preset relevant information. The information ofthe metadata that has been described above and will be described latermay be respectively defined in the corresponding table.

When the metadata is delivered in the subtitle stream or the closedcaption stream, the metadata may be added transmitted as metadata in thecase of packetizing the closed caption stream of the TTML instead of theinside of the TTML.

The aforementioned metadata processor of the 360-degree videotransmission device according to one aspect of the present invention cangenerate the SEI message including the aforementioned 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. The 360-degree subtitle related metadata maybe realized in various embodiments as will be described below. Inaddition, the aforementioned data encoder can insert the SEI messagehaving the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to variousembodiments into a video stream. Accordingly, the SEI message having the360-degree subtitle related metadata can be delivered to a receivingside together with 360-degree video data.

The aforementioned data decoder of the 360-degree video reception deviceaccording to one aspect of the present invention can extract the SEImessage having the 360-degree subtitle related metadata from the videostream. In addition, the metadata parser can parse the SEI message toacquire the 360-degree subtitle related metadata. The 360-degreesubtitle related metadata can be delivered to the renderer and used toprovide subtitles for the 360-degree video.

Furthermore, the aforementioned 360-degree video related metadata and360-degree subtitle related metadata may be included in signalinginformation such as an MMT, a PSI and DVB SI and delivered.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the subtitles forthe 360-degree video can be rendered at a fixed position on a 3D sphere.Here, the 3D sphere may be called 360-degree space and is assumed to bea sphere in the specification. Here, a position at which subtitles arerendered may be called a subtitle region. The subtitle region may bedifferent from the aforementioned region.

In the present embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata cansignal a subtitle region at a fixed position on the sphere. Since aviewport is not considered in the present embodiment, only part ofsubtitles or no subtitles may be viewed when a viewport which is viewedby a user changes.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata can signal the subtitle regionat a fixed position on the sphere through various methods. The360-degree subtitle related metadata may designate (ϕ, θ) to indicateseveral points on the sphere and specify the subtitle region using thesame. Here, ϕ can indicate a pitch angle and θ can refer to a yaw angle.

According to an embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata mayspecify the subtitle region by indicating the top-left point and thebottom-right point of the subtitle region (t12010). The 360-degreesubtitle related metadata can signal the top-left point and thebottom-right point of the subtitle region as (ϕ_(Top-left),θ_(Top-left)) and ϕ_(Bottom-right), θ_(Bottom-right)). The subtitleregion having the two signaled points as the top-left point and thebottom-right point can be specified.

According to another embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata may specify the subtitle region by indicating a start point andan end point for rendering the subtitle region (t12020). Here, when aregion which starts from the start point and ends at the end point isrendered, the region can be the subtitle region. The subtitle region canbe specified as a region having an angular point as the start point andanother angular point diagonally located from the angular point as theend point. The 360-degree subtitle related metadata may signal the startpoint and the end point as (ϕ_(start), θ_(start)) and (ϕ_(end),θ_(end)). Here, since the region is rendered on the sphere, a centerpoint may need to be additionally signaled in order to specify arendering direction. In this case, the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata may further indicate a center point (ϕ_(middle), θ_(middle)).

According to another embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata may specify the subtitle region using subtitle relatedinformation in TTML (t12030). In this case, the 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata can indicate only the top-left point (ϕ_(Top-left),θ_(Top-left)). The subtitle region can be specified using only subtitlerelated information in the TTML and the indicated top-left point. Thesubtitle region related information in the TTML can indicate the widthand height of a root container, such as tts:extent.

According to another embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata may specify the subtitle region using the subtitle relatedinformation in TTML in a two-dimensional space. The 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata can indicate the start point and the top-left point onthe 3D sphere, as described above. The points may be mapped to a 2Dimage and represented as specific points on the 2D image. The subtitleregion can be specified on the 2D image using the subtitle relatedinformation in the TTML, for example, width and height on the basis ofthe points.

According to another embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata may specify the subtitle region on a 2D image instead of the 3Dsphere by mapping (ϕ, θ) on the 3D sphere given in the aforementionedembodiments to the 2D image (t12040). u and v coordinates on the 2Dimage can be calculated according to the shown expression (t12040).

For reference, t12050 shown in the figure can indicate a method ofdefining the shape of a subtitle region. The left part illustrates a 4great circle method which specifies the shape of a subtitle region usingfour great circles having the same diameter as the sphere. The rightpart illustrates a 2 great circle/2 small circle method which specifiesthe shape of a subtitle region using two great circles having the samediameter as the sphere and two small circles having diameters decreasingalong the latitude face of the sphere. Using this concept, the360-degree subtitle related metadata can signal the shape of thesubtitle region. When the 360-degree video is provided in 3D, disparityinformation on the 360-degree video may be signaled. The disparityinformation may be interpreted differently depending on the shape of thesubtitle area. That is, according to the shape of the subtitle area,additional information about where the disparity reference point is maybe further signaled. Details will be described later. Details will bedescribed below.

FIG. 13 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention represented in the form of asupplemental enhancement information (SEI) message when subtitles arerendered at a fixed position on a sphere.

The shown SEI message may include 360-degree subtitle related metadatawhich signals a subtitle region at a fixed position on the sphere asdescribed above. The SEI message may be referred to assubtitle_overlay_info_1( ). The aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata which signals a subtitle region at a fixed position maybe represented in the form of a box, a DASH descriptor and varioussignaling tables in addition to the shown SEI message.

The SEI message according to the present embodiment may include acancel_subtitle_overlay_info_1_flag field, a cancel_flag field, acancel_region_id field, a subtitle_region_info_flag field, a shape_typefield, a subtitle_id field, a region_id field, a theta_value_for_point_1field, a phi_value_for_point_1 field, a theta_value_for_point_2 field, aphi_value_for_point_2 field and/or a timed_text( ) field.

The cancel_subtitle_overlay=info_1_flag field can be set to 1 when theSEI message is not used and set to 0 when the information of the SEImessage is needed. Here, when this field is set to 1, all previoussubtitle_overlay_info1( ) which are consecutive in output order can becanceled

The cancel_flag field can signal whether subtitle_overlay_info_1( )corresponding to a specific subtitle region is canceled. When this fieldis 1, subtitle_overlay_info_1( ) which has a region_id field having thesame value as a cancel_region_id field value among previoussubtitle_overlay_info_1( ) on the basis of output order can be canceled.The canceled subtitle_overlay_info_1( ) may be no more used.

The cancel_region_id field can identify a specific subtitle region to becanceled. subtitle_overlay_info_1( ) having a region_id having the samevalue as this field may be canceled and no longer used.

The subtitle_region_info_flag field can indicate whether informationabout a new subtitle field is included in the SEI message. According toan embodiment, the SEI message may deliver text of subtitles.

The shape_type field can signal the shape of a subtitle region. Thisfield can signal a 4-great-circle shape when set to 0 and signal a2-great-circle/2-small-circle shape when set to 1. The shapes have beendescribed above.

The subtitle_id field can indicate the ID of corresponding subtitles.According to an embodiment, when one subtitle is rendered in onesubtitle region, the region_id field can serve as the ID of the subtitleinstead of the subtitle_id field. According to an embodiment, when onesubtitle is rendered in a plurality of subtitle regions, the subtitle_idfield can be used as the ID of the subtitle.

The region_id field can indicate the ID of a subtitle region in whichsubtitles are rendered. One subtitle may be rendered in a plurality ofsubtitle regions. The region_id field can be used to identify eachsubtitle region. According to an embodiment, the SEI message may signalthe number of subtitle regions in which corresponding subtitles arerendered and specify the subtitle regions. This will be described below.

The theta_value_for_point_1 field and the phi_value_for_point_1 fieldcan indicate one point on the sphere. These fields can indicate thetaand phi values to specify a point defined by (theta, phi). This pointcan indicate the top-left point or the start point of a subtitle regionaccording to the above-described embodiment.

The theta_value_for_point_2 field and the phi_value_for_point_2 fieldcan indicate another point on the sphere. Similarly, these fields canindicate theta and phi values to specify a point defined by (theta,phi). This point can indicate the bottom-right point or the end point ofa subtitle region according to the above-described embodiment. In anembodiment, the SEI message may further include atheta_value_for_point_3 field and a phi_value_for_point_3 field whichindicate a middle point.

According to an embodiment, the SEI message may include pitch and yawvalues, a horizontal field of view value and a vertical field of viewvalue of the center point of a subtitle region instead of thetheta_value_for_point_1 field, phi_value_for_point_1 field,theta_value_for_point_2 field, and phi_value_for_point_2 field tospecify the subtitle region. This will be described below.

The timed_text( ) field can include text of subtitles rendered in thecorresponding subtitle region. According to an embodiment, the SEImessage may include an including_text_flag field to signal whether textof actual subtitles is included in the SEI message. When the SEI messageincludes text information of the subtitles, the including_text_flagfield can be set to 1. When a bitmap based subtitle file is separatelydelivered, the including_text_flag field can be set to 0. According toan embodiment, the SEI message may further include a version_numberfield of subtitles when the text file of the subtitles is excessivelylarge and thus is divided and delivered. The version_number field canincrease in ascending order among SEI messages.

The aforementioned fields may be replaced by other fields or omitted. Inaddition, the SEI message may further include additional fieldsaccording to embodiments.

Furthermore, 360-degree subtitle related metadata of SEI messagesdefined in the present invention may be combined to configure a new SEImessage. In this case, as many SEI messages as the number ofcombinations can be defined and the SEI messages are within the scope ofthe present invention.

FIG. 14 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anotherembodiment of the present invention represented in the form of an SEImessage when subtitles are rendered at a fixed position on a sphere.

The shown SEI message may include 360-degree subtitle related metadatawhich signals a subtitle region at a fixed position on the sphere asdescribed above. This SEI message may be referred to assubtitle_overlay_info_1_1( ). The SEI message according to the presentembodiment can provide signaling information for rendering one subtitlein a plurality of fixed subtitle regions. According to the embodiment,the SEI message may be extended to provide signaling information forrendering N subtitles in M subtitle regions (M>N).

The SEI message according to the present embodiment may have a formextended to render one subtitle in a plurality of fixed subtitleregions.

A subtitle_id field can indicate the ID of a subtitle. When one subtitleis rendered in a plurality of subtitle regions, the subtitle_id fieldcan be used as the ID of the subtitle.

The num_of_rendering_positions field can signal the number of positionsat which one subtitle is simultaneously rendered on the sphere. That is,this field can indicate the number of subtitle regions in which thecorresponding subtitle is rendered. Detailed information about thesubtitle regions can be provided depending on the number of subtitleregions indicated by this field.

The rendering_position_id field can indicate the ID of a correspondingsubtitle region. This field can indicate the ID of a correspondingsubtitle region among the plurality of subtitle regions in which thesubtitle is rendered. A plurality of subtitle region IDs may beallocated per subtitle ID. Alternatively, signaling may be extended suchthat N subtitle IDs are mapped to M subtitle region IDs as describedabove.

A theta_value_for_point_1 field, a phi_value_for_point_1 field, atheta_value_for_point_2 field and/or a phi_value_for_point_2 field canprovide information for specifying a corresponding subtitle region. Adetailed method of specifying a subtitle region has been describedabove.

The remaining fields can perform the same roles as the fields having thesame names included in the SEI message according to the above-describedembodiment.

FIG. 15 illustrates delivery of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxA class and360-degree subtitle related metadata defined as the class inRegionOnSphereSampleEntry or RegionOnSphereSample( ).

As described above, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata may beconfigured in a form included in a file format based on ISOBMFF.Particularly, when subtitles are rendered at a fixed position on asphere as described above, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata maytake a box form defined as the SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxA class. In thiscase, signaling fields may be included in this box according toembodiments.

When 360-degree video data is stored and transmitted on the basis of afile format such as ISOBMFF or a common file format (CFF), 360-degreesubtitle related metadata defined as the SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxA classcan be included in each box of the ISOBMFF. The same applies to360-degree subtitle related metadata defined asSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxB and SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxP classes whichwill be described below. In this manner, 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata can be stored and signaled along with 360-degree video data.

As described above, 360-degree subtitle related metadata defined as theSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxA, SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxB andSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxP classes can be included in various levels suchas a file, a fragment, a track, a sample entry and a sample anddelivered, and provide metadata about data of a corresponding level (atrack, a stream, a sample group, a sample, a sample entry, etc.).

360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form ofSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxA box can be included in a sample entry, thatis, RegionOnSphereSampleEntry of a file format (t15010). The 360-degreesubtitle related metadata included in the sample entry may be subtitlerelated metadata equally applied to samples in one video stream.

The fields in the box can perform the same roles as the correspondingfields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in theform of an SEI message. Here, to set a representative value in thesample entry, the box may include a dynamic_flag field, amin_theta_value field, a min_phi_value field, a max_theta_value fieldand/or a max_phi_value field.

When the dynamic_flag field is set to 1, the min_theta_value field, themin_phi_value field, the max_theta_value field and/or the max_phi_valuefield can be included in the corresponding box. The min_theta_valuefield, the min_phi_value field, the max_theta_value field and/or themax_phi_value field can indicate the ranges of maximum/minimum values oftheta and phi values defined in corresponding samples.

That is, the min_theta_value field, the min_phi_value field, themax_theta_value field and/or the max_phi_value field can respectivelyindicate a minimum theta value, a minimum phi value, a maximum thetavalue and a maximum phi value of samples.

Here, when one subtitle is rendered in only one subtitle region, thenum_of_rendering_positions can be omitted or set to 1.

According to the embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata inthe form of SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxA box may be included in Sample ofthe file format, that is, RegionOnSphereSample( ) (t15020). The360-degree subtitle related metadata included in Sample may be subtitlerelated metadata applied to one sample. That is, 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata may be changed per sample. The fields in thecorresponding box can perform the same roles as corresponding fields inthe aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form ofan SEI message.

Here, when one subtitle is rendered in only one subtitle region, thesubtitle_id field may be replaced by the region_id field. Further, whenone subtitle is rendered in only one subtitle region, thenum_of_rendering_positions field may be omitted or set to 1.

A range to which the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is applied maychange depending on the position of the box including the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in Sample Entry may be subtitle related metadata equallyapplied to samples in one video stream. 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata included in Sample may be subtitle related metadata applied toone sample.

FIG. 16 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment represented in the form of a DASH based descriptor whensubtitles are rendered at a fixed position on a sphere.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata of the above-describedembodiments may be re-described in the form of a DASH based descriptor.When 360-degree video data is delivered according to DASH, 360-degreesubtitle related metadata may be described in the form of a DASHdescriptor, included in an MPD and delivered to a receiving side. Suchdescriptors may be delivered in the form of an essential propertydescriptor and/or a supplemental property descriptor. These descriptorsmay be included in the Period, Adaptation Set, Representation,Sub-representation, ContentComponent, SegmentBase, EssentialProperty,SupplementaryProperty, Accessibility and Subset of the MPD anddelivered.

As described above, meanings of values of theta_value_for_point_1,phi_value_for_point_1, theta_value_for_point_2 and phi_value_for_point_2may change depending on where the corresponding descriptor is included.For example, when the descriptor is included in Segment, the fields canindicate the start point and the end point for specifying a subtitleregion of a picture in the corresponding segment. If the descriptor isincluded in Representation, the fields can indicate the start point andthe end point for specifying a subtitle region of a picture in a segmentbelonging to the corresponding representation. When the descriptor isincluded in AdaptaionSet, the fields can indicate the start point andthe end point for specifying a subtitle region of a picture of a segmentincluded in a representation while belonging to the correspondingAdaptationSet.

The DASH based descriptor can include @schemeIdUri, @value and/or @idfields. The @ schemeIdUri field can provide a URI for identifying thescheme of the corresponding descriptor. The @value field can have valuesmeanings of which are defined by the scheme indicated by the@schemeIdUri field. That is, the @value field can have values ofdescriptor elements according to the corresponding scheme, which can becalled parameters. The parameters can be discriminated by “,”. The @idfield can indicate the ID of the corresponding descriptor. Whendescriptors have the same ID, they can include the same scheme ID,values and parameters.

Particularly, in the case of a descriptor which delivers 360-degreesubtitle related metadata for signaling a subtitle region at a fixedposition, as described above, the @schemeIdURI field can have a value ofurn:mpeg:dash:subtitle:overlay1:201x. This may be a value identifyingthe corresponding descriptor as a descriptor delivering the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata according to the above-described embodiment.

The @value field of this descriptor may have values of the shownembodiment. That is, parameters of @value which are discriminated by “,”may correspond to fields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata. Although one of the above-described variousembodiments of the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is described asparameters of @value in the shown embodiment, all the aforementionedembodiments of the 360-degree subtitle related metadata can be describedas parameters of @value by replacing the signaling fields with theparameters. That is, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata accordingto all the above-described embodiments may be described in the form of aDASH based descriptor.

In the shown embodiment, each parameter can have the same meaning as theaforementioned signaling field having the same name. Here, M indicatesthat the corresponding parameter is mandatory, O indicates that thecorresponding parameter is optional, and OD indicates that thecorresponding parameter is optional and has a default value. When an ODparameter is not given, a predefined default value may be used as theparameter. In the shown embodiment, default values of OD parameters areshown in parentheses.

Similarly to the aforementioned case of the SEI message, the descriptormay further include a parameter for signaling a center point when thestart point/end point is signaled. In addition, the descriptor mayspecify a subtitle region by including pitch and yaw values, a value ofhorizontal field of view and a value of vertical field of view of thecenter point of the subtitle region instead of signaling the startpoint/center point/end point or the top-left point/bottom-right point.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for illustrating 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata according to an embodiment of the present invention whensubtitles are rendered at a position varying according to viewports.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, subtitles for360-degree video may be rendered at a position varying according toviewports. In the present embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata can specify a subtitle region at a relative position of aviewport on the basis of the viewport. The viewport can refer to aregion currently viewed by a user in 360-degree video as describedabove. For example, a subtitle region can be specified as a specificregion in a viewport instead of a fixed position on a 3D sphere.Accordingly, a phenomenon that only part of subtitles or no subtitlesare viewed may not occur even if the viewport is changed.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to the presentembodiment can specify a subtitle region by indicating the center pointand a field of view (FOV) value of the subtitle region. Here, the360-degree subtitle related metadata can indicate an offset value withrespect to the center point of the viewport as the center point of thesubtitle region. Accordingly, the 360-degree subtitle related metadatacan specify the subtitle region at a relative position with respect tothe viewport.

Specifically, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata can indicate thecenter of the subtitle region by designating yaw, pitch and roll offsetvalues of the center point of the subtitle region with respect to thecenter point of the viewport. That is, the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata can indicate a yaw center offset value of the subtitle regionbased on the yaw center of the current viewport, a pitch center offsetvalue of the subtitle region based on the pitch center of the currentviewport, and a roll center offset value of the subtitle region based onthe roll center of the current viewport.

In addition, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata can indicate ahorizontal FOV and/or a vertical FOV. Here, the horizontal FOV and thevertical FOV can indicate values of a horizontal range and a verticalrange of the subtitle region from the indicated center point of thesubtitle region. The horizontal range may be called a yaw range when theroll axis is not deviated. The vertical range may be called a pitchrange when the roll axis is not deviated.

The subtitle region can be specified using the center point and thehorizontal/vertical FOVs indicated by the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata.

FIG. 18 shows the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention represented in the form of an SEImessage when subtitles are rendered at a position varying according toviewports.

SEI messages t18010 and t18020 shown in the figure may be SEI messagesincluding 360-degree subtitle related metadata for signaling a subtitleregion at a position varying according to viewports, as described above.The SEI messages may be called subtitle_overlay_info_2( ) andsubtitle_overlay_info_2_1( ). The aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata for signaling a subtitle region at a position varyingaccording to viewports may be represented in the form of a box, a DASHdescriptor and various signaling tables in addition to the SEI message.

In the SEI message t18010 according to the present embodiment,cancel_subtitle_overlay_info_2_flag, cancel_flag, cancel_region_id,subtitle_region_info_flag, shape_type, subtitle_id, region_id andtimed_text( ) fields may have the same meanings as the aforementionedcancel_subtitle_overlay_info_1_flag, cancel_flag, cancel_region_id,subtitle_region_info_flag, shape_type, subtitle_id, region_id andtimed_text( ) fields.

A yaw_pitch_roll_center_range_value_types field can indicate types ofcenter point offset values of yaw, pitch and roll provided by the SEImessage. That is, this field can indicate types in which yaw, pitch androll offset values of the SEI message indicate the center of thesubtitle region.

When this field is set to 0, the yaw, pitch and roll offset values ofthe SEI message can indicate an offset between the center point of thesubtitle region and a viewport, as described above. When this field is1, the yaw, pitch and roll offset values of the SEI message can indicatethe percentage (ratio) of an area occupied by the subtitle region in theviewport. When this field is set to 2, the yaw, pitch and roll offsetvalues of the SEI message can indicate an offset of the center point ofthe current subtitle region on the basis of the center of a subtitleregion indicated by a previous SEI message.

A yaw_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region field, apitch_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region field and/or aroll_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region field can respectivelyindicate yaw, pitch and roll offset values of the subtitle region on thebasis of the current viewport. The fields are center point offset valuesof yaw, pitch and roll provided by the aforementioned SEI message andmay have different meanings depending on the value of the aforementionedyaw_pitch_roll_center_range_value_types field.

A horizontal_range_for_subtitle_rendering_region field can indicate ahorizontal FOV, that is, a horizontal range on the basis of the centerpoint of the subtitle region.

A vertical_range_for_subtitle_rendering_region field can indicate avertical FOV, that is, a vertical range on the basis of the center pointof the subtitle region.

The SEI message t18020 according to the present embodiment may be anextended form of the SEI message t18010. The SEI message t18020according to the present embodiment may be an extended form for thepurpose of rendering the same subtitles in a plurality of regions on asingle viewport. This SEI message may be extended to provide signalinginformation for rendering N subtitles in M (M>N) subtitle regionsvarying according to viewports in an embodiment.

A num_of_rendering_positions field can signal the number of positions atwhich one subtitle is rendered. That is, this field can indicate thenumber of subtitle regions in which the corresponding subtitle isrendered. Detailed information about each subtitle region can beprovided depending on the number of subtitle regions indicated by thisfield.

A rendering_position_id field can indicate the ID of a correspondingsubtitle region. This field can indicate the ID of a correspondingsubtitle region among a plurality of subtitle regions in which thecorresponding subtitle is rendered. A plurality of subtitle region IDsmay be allocated per subtitle ID. In addition, signaling may be extendedsuch that N subtitle IDs are mapped to M subtitle region IDs asdescribed above.

yaw_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region,pitch_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region,roll_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region,horizontal_range_for_subtitle_rendering_region and/orvertical_range_for_subtitle_rendering_region fields can provideinformation for specifying a corresponding subtitle region. A specificmethod for specifying a corresponding subtitle region has been describedabove.

The position of a timed_text( ) field in the SEI message may changedepending on a text information configuration form of the correspondingsubtitle. For example, when the same subtitles are rendered in subtitleregions, the timed_text( ) field can be positioned outside a “for”sentence according to the num_of_rendering_positions field. Furthermore,when different subtitles are rendered in respective subtitle regions,for example, the timed_text( ) field can be positioned inside of the“for” sentence according to the num_of_rendering_positions field.

The remaining fields can perform the same roles as the fields in thesame names in the SEI message according to the above-describedembodiment.

An SEI message according to an embodiment which is not shown may furtherinclude a video_roi_flag field. The video_roi_flag field may be a flagindicating whether the aforementionedyaw_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region,pitch_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region and/orroll_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region fields for specifying asubtitle region are offset information based on ROI. When this field is1, the field can indicate an offset value from an ROI center pointinstead of an offset from the viewport center point. In the presentembodiment, the remaining fields, for example, vertical/horizontal FOVrelated fields may be the same as the fields of the aforementioned SEImessage.

FIG. 19 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anotherembodiment of the present invention represented in the form of an SEImessage when subtitles are rendered at a fixed position on a sphere.

The shown SEI message may be one of the aforementioned SEI messagesincluding 360-degree subtitle related metadata for signaling a subtitleregion at a fixed position on a sphere. In the shown embodiment, the SEImessage can signal a subtitle region at a fixed position on the sphere.In the present embodiment, the SEI message can specify a subtitle regionby signaling the center point and vertical/horizontal FOV values of thesubtitle region. In the present embodiment, the SEI message can indicatethe center point of the subtitle region using yaw, pitch and roll valuesand indicate vertical/horizontal ranges based on the center point of thesubtitle region. In the present embodiment, yaw, pitch and roll valuesare not offset values but may be values indicating a fixed point on thesphere.

The SEI message according to the present embodiment may be an extendedform for rendering one subtitle in a plurality of subtitle regions. TheSEI message according to the present embodiment can provide signalinginformation for rendering one subtitle in a plurality of fixed subtitleregions. According to an embodiment, the SEI message may be extended toprovide signaling information for rendering N subtitles in M subtitleregions (M>N).

A num_of_rendering_positions field can signal the number of positions atwhich one subtitle is simultaneously rendered on the sphere. That is,this field can indicate the number of subtitle regions in which onesubtitle is rendered. Detailed information about each subtitle regioncan be provided depending on the number of subtitle regions indicted bythis field.

A rendering_position_id field can indicate the ID of a correspondingsubtitle region. This field can indicate the ID of a correspondingsubtitle region among a plurality of subtitle regions in which thecorresponding subtitle is rendered. A plurality of subtitle region IDsmay be allocated per subtitle ID. In addition, signaling may be extendedsuch that N subtitle IDs are mapped to M subtitle region IDs asdescribed above.

The yaw_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region field,pitch_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region field and/or theroll_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region fields can indicate thecenter point of the subtitle region fixed on the sphere.

The horizontal_range_for_subtitle_rendering_region field and/or thevertical_range_for_subtitle_rendering_region field can indicatehorizontal/vertical ranges based on the center point of the fixedsubtitle region indicated by the aforementioned fields.

Each subtitle region can be specified using the indicated center pointand horizontal/vertical ranges of the subtitle region. As describedabove, the position of the time_text( ) field can be changed in the SEImessage depending on a text information configuration form of thecorresponding subtitles.

The remaining fields can perform the same roles as the fields in thesame names in the SEI message according to the above-describedembodiment.

FIG. 20 illustrates delivery of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxB class and360-degree subtitle related metadata defined as the class inRegionOnSphereSampleEntry or RegionOnSphereSample( ).

As described above, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata may beconfigured in a form included in a file format based on ISOBMFF.Particularly, when subtitles are rendered at a position varyingaccording to viewports as described above, the 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata may take a box form defined as theSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxB class. In this case, signaling fields may beincluded in this box according to embodiments.

360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form ofSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxB box can be included in a sample entry, thatis, RegionOnSphereSampleEntry of a file format (t20010). The 360-degreesubtitle related metadata included in the sample entry may be subtitlerelated metadata equally applied to samples in one video stream.

The fields in the box can perform the same roles as the correspondingfields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in theform of an SEI message. Here, to set a representative value in thesample entry, the box may additionally include a dynamic_flag field, ayaw_center_offset_for_representative_value field, apitch_center_offset_for_representative_value field, aroll_center_offset_for_representative_value field and/or ahorizontal_range_for_representative_value field.

When the dynamic_flag field is 1, theyaw_center_offset_for_representative_value field, thepitch_center_offset_for_representative_value field, theroll_center_offset_for_representative_value field and/or thehorizontal_range_for_representative_value field can be included in thebox.

The yaw_center_offset_for_representative_value field, thepitch_center_offset_for_representative_value field, theroll_center_offset_for_representative_value field and/or thehorizontal_range_for_representative_value field can respectivelyindicate yaw center, pitch center, roll center and horizontal/verticalrange values for signaling a range including all subtitle regionsdefined in the corresponding sample entry.

Here, when one subtitle is rendered in only one subtitle region, thenum_of_rendering_positions field can be omitted or set to 1.

According to the embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata inthe form of SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxB box may be included in Sample ofthe file format, that is, RegionOnSphereSample( ) (t20020). The360-degree subtitle related metadata included in Sample may be subtitlerelated metadata applied to one sample. That is, 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata may change for samples. The fields in the correspondingbox can perform the same roles as corresponding fields in theaforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of anSEI message.

Here, when one subtitle is rendered in only one subtitle region, thesubtitle_id field may be replaced by the region_id field. Further, whenone subtitle is rendered in only one subtitle region, thenum_of_rendering_positions field may be omitted or set to 1.

A range to which the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is applied maychange depending on the position of the box including the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in Sample Entry may be subtitle related metadata equallyapplied to samples in one video stream. 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata included in Sample may be subtitle related metadata applied toone sample.

FIG. 21 illustrates delivery of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxP class and360-degree subtitle related metadata defined as the class inRegionOnSphereSampleEntry or RegionOnSphereSample( ).

As described above, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata may beconfigured in a form included in a file format based on ISOBMFF.Particularly, when subtitles are rendered at a fixed position on asphere as described above, the 360-degree subtitle related metadatawhich specifies a subtitle region using pitch, yaw and roll may take abox form defined as the SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxP class. In this case,signaling fields may be included in this box according to embodiments.

360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form ofSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxP box can be included in a sample entry, thatis, RegionOnSphereSampleEntry of a file format (t21010). The 360-degreesubtitle related metadata included in the sample entry may be subtitlerelated metadata equally applied to samples in one video stream.

The fields in the box can perform the same roles as the correspondingfields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in theform of an SEI message. Here, to set a representative value in thesample entry, the box may additionally include a dynamic_flag field, ayaw_center_offset_for_representative_value field, apitch_center_offset_for_representative_value field, aroll_center_offset_for_representative_value field and/or ahorizontal_range_for_representative_value field.

The dynamic_flag field, the yaw_center_offset_for_representative_valuefield, the pitch_center_offset_for_representative_value field, theroll_center_offset_for_representative_value field and/or thehorizontal_range_for_representative_value field can be included in thebox and may have the same meanings as the aforementioned fields of theSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxB box.

Here, when one subtitle is rendered in only one subtitle region, thenum_of_rendering_positions field can be omitted or set to 1.

According to the embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata inthe form of SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxP box may be included in Sample ofthe file format, that is, RegionOnSphereSample( ) (t21020). The360-degree subtitle related metadata included in Sample may be subtitlerelated metadata applied to one sample. That is, 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata may change for samples. The fields in the correspondingbox can perform the same roles as corresponding fields in theaforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of anSEI message.

Here, when one subtitle is rendered in only one subtitle region, thesubtitle_id field may be replaced by the region_id field. Further, whenone subtitle is rendered in only one subtitle region, thenum_of_rendering_positions field may be omitted or set to 1.

A range to which the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is applied maychange depending on the position of the box including the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in Sample Entry may be subtitle related metadata equallyapplied to samples in one video stream. 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata included in Sample may be subtitle related metadata applied toone sample.

FIG. 22 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anotherembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to theabove-described embodiments may be re-described in the form of a DASHbased descriptor. The above description can be equally applied to theDASH based descriptor.

As described above, meanings of the values of theyaw_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region field, thepitch_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region field, theroll_center_offset_for_subtitle_rendering_region field, thehorizontal_range_for_subtitle_rendering_region field and/or thevertical_range_for_subtitle_rendering_region field may change accordingto where the corresponding descriptor is included. For example, when thedescriptor is included in a segment, the fields can indicate a subtitleregion center point and vertical/horizontal ranges for specifying asubtitle region of a picture in the corresponding segment. When thedescriptor is included in a representation, the fields can indicate asubtitle region center point and vertical/horizontal ranges forspecifying a subtitle region of a picture in a segment belonging to thecorresponding representation. Further, when the descriptor is includedin an AdaptationSet, the fields can indicate a subtitle region centerpoint and vertical/horizontal ranges for specifying a subtitle region ofa picture of a segment included in a representation while belonging tothe corresponding AdaptationSet.

As described above, in the case of a descriptor which delivers360-degree subtitle related metadata for rendering subtitles at aposition varying according to viewports or 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata for specifying a subtitle region at a fixed position usingpitch, yaw and roll, the @schemeIdURI field can have a value ofurn:mpeg:dash:subtitle:overlay2:201x. This may be a value identifyingthe descriptor as a descriptor for delivering 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata according to the above-described embodiment.

The @value field of this descriptor may have values of the shownembodiment. That is, parameters of @value which are discriminated by “,”may correspond to fields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata. In the shown embodiment, the parameters may have thesame meanings as the aforementioned signaling fields having the samenames. That is, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according toall of the above-described embodiments may be described in the form of aDASH based descriptor.

The shown descriptor has parameters for the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata for rendering subtitles at a position varying according toviewports and parameters for the 360-degree subtitle related metadatafor specifying a subtitle region at a fixed position using pitch, yawand roll. According to an embodiment, the descriptor may have only theparameters for only one of the 360-degree subtitle related metadata.

FIG. 23 is a diagram for describing 360-degree subtitle related metadataaccording to an embodiment of the present invention when subtitles arerendered on the basis of an actual display screen.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, subtitles for360-degree video may be rendered on the basis of an actual displayscreen. That is, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according tothe present embodiment can specify a subtitle region on the basis of adisplay on which subtitles are finally rendered (similar to OSD). In thepresent embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata can newlydefine a window which is a root container region for 360-degree videodata and indicates absolute coordinates/relative coordinates on thebasis of the defined window to specify a subtitle region. In thisprocess, safe crop area related information can be additionally used.

In the conventional TTML, the root container region refers to the entireimage. However, the concept of viewport is present in a VR environmentproviding 360-degree video, and thus it is necessary to define a newroot container region. That is, a root container region newly defined onthe basis of a viewport for 360-degree video can be called a window. Thewindow may be referred to as an aspect radio, a resolution, a coordinatespace and the like. The window may also be called a viewport based rootcontainer region.

In addition, in the conventional TTML, an image may be cropped due to adifference between the aspect ratio of video and the aspect ratio of adisplay device. Here, subtitles may also be cropped. To prevent this, anarea that is not cropped, that is, a safe crop area can be defined andsignaled. The safe crop area can be defined on the basis of the rootcontainer region of the conventional TTML. Accordingly, in the case of a360-degree video environment, a new safe crop area in which subtitlescan be safely displayed can also be calculated according to the newlydefined window. This new safe crop area can be calculated throughinformation in the TTML.

The root container region and the safe crop area in the conventionalTTML are shown in the figure. The entire video image indicated by thesolid line corresponds to the root container region and an areaindicated by the dotted line is defined as the safe crop area (thecenter of the upper part). A presentation system can display thecorresponding content. For example, the content can be presented on a4:3 display.

Here, when the content is presented on the display with the safe croparea ignored (left of the lower part), the root container region can bepresented with a central 4:3 portion thereof cropped. When the contentis presented on the display in consideration of the safe crop area(right of the lower part), the root container region can be scaled to beadapted to a central 14:9 portion thereof and presented. Here, a blackbar may be generated.

In a VR environment, the newly defined window may have different valuesfrom a displayed viewport. In this case, the newly defined window can bescaled up/down or cropped and thus the size thereof can be controlled.During a scale up/down and cropping process, information about the safecrop area in the TTML is used and thus the safe crop area can beconsidered. For reference, an active area is information about thesmallest area to be viewed by a user.

Accordingly, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to thepresent embodiment can specify a window for 360-degree video data andspecify a subtitle region on the basis of the signaled window. In thisprocess, safe crop area related information can be additionally used.

FIG. 24 is a diagram for describing 360-degree subtitle related metadataaccording to an embodiment of the present invention when subtitles arerendered on the basis of an actual display screen.

In t24010 shown in the figure, the entire image can correspond to theentire 360-degree video. Part of the image can be defined as a window(shaded area). This window can be specified by awindow_vertical_position_min field, a window_horizontal_position_minfield, a window_horizontal_position_max field and/or awindow_vertical_position_max field. These fields will be describedbelow.

Even when the window is defined as above, the actual viewport viewed bya user, that is, the actual rendering region may be larger or smallerthan the window. In this case, it is possible to control the size of thewindow by scaling the window down or up. Here, when the aspect ratio ofthe viewport differs from the window, cropping can be performed tocontrol the window. As described above, the safe crop area informationin the TTML can be used during scaling/cropping such that a subtitleregion is not cropped (t24020 and t24030).

In t24020 shown in the figure, a smaller area than the window defined inthe above case t24010 needs to be actually displayed. Accordingly, videoof the corresponding area can be scaled up and displayed (t24030).

FIG. 25 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment which is represented in the form of an SEI message whensubtitles are rendered on the basis of an actual display screen.

The shown SEI message may be an SEI message including 360-degreesubtitle related metadata when subtitles are rendered on the basis of anactual display screen. The SEI message may be calledsubtitle_overlay_info_3( ). The aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata when subtitles are rendered on the basis of an actualdisplay screen may be represented in the form of a box, a DASHdescriptor and various signaling tables in addition to the shown SEImessage.

In the SEI message according to the present embodiment, thecancel_subtitle_overlay_info_3_flag field, the subtitle_region_info_flagfield, the timed_text( ) field and the region_id field may have the samemeanings as the aforementioned cancel_subtitle_overlay_info_1_flagfield, subtitle_region_info_flag field, timed_text( ) field andregion_id field.

According to an embodiment, the aforementioned Subtitle_id field may beadded to the SEI message or the aforementioned Subtitle_id field may beused as the region_id field.

Here, when the subtitle_region_info_flag field is set to 0, the SEImessage can signal a window based subtitle region using subtitle regioninformation (tts:extent or the like) in the timed_text( ) field.

The SEI message according to the present embodiment may includesignaling information for specifying the window (t25010).

A window_flag field may be a flag indicating whether the SEI messageincludes information about the window. When this field is 1, the SEImessage includes the information about the window. When this field is 0,the SEI message does not include the window related information.

A window_unit field can indicate a window specifying unit used for theentire 360-degree video. For example, this field can indicate that aunit such as a pixel or percentage is used.

A window_aspect_ratio field can indicate aspect ratio information of thewindow.

A window_horizontal_position_min field and awindow_horizontal_position_max field can indicate horizontal minimum andmaximum values of the corresponding window. These fields can indicate ahorizontal area occupied by the window in the 360-degree video asdescribed above.

A window_vertical_position_min field and a window_vertical_position_maxfield can indicate vertical minimum and maximum values of thecorresponding window. These fields can indicate a vertical area occupiedby the window in the 360-degree video as described above.

The aforementioned vertical/horizontal minimum/maximum values may berepresented on the basis of pixels which are absolute coordinate valuesor on the basis of relative coordinate values with respect to the entire360-degree VR image.

A num_of_regions field can indicate the number of subtitle regionsincluded in the corresponding window. Information for specifyingsubtitle regions and text for subtitles may be further included in theSEI message for as many subtitle regions as the indicated number(t25020).

A subtitle_region_unit field can indicate a unit that specifies acorresponding subtitle region. The unit specifying a subtitle region mayinclude a percentage, a cell and a pixel according to an embodiment.

The SEI message according to the present embodiment can provide apercentage value on the basis of the defined window according to anembodiment. In this case, a subtitle region width may be set in therange of 20 percent to 60 percent of the window width and a subtitleregion height may be set in the range of 60 percent to 30 percent of thewindow height.

The SEI message according to the present embodiment can provide a cellresolution value on the basis of the defined window according to anembodiment. In this case, signaling information which defines a cell maybe additionally required. For example, if the window has a widthcorresponding to 10 cells and a height corresponding to 20 cells, asubtitle region can be specified in units of cell on the basis of thewindow.

The SEI message according to the present embodiment can provide pixelbased absolute coordinate values on the basis of the defined windowaccording to an embodiment. In this case, the top-left point of thewindow is set to (0, 0) and the top-left point of a subtitle region canbe indicated by (x, y). The subtitle region can be specified using thewidth and the height of the subtitle region on the basis of the top-leftpoint of the subtitle region.

A subtitle_region_aspect_ratio field can indicate the aspect ratio of acorresponding subtitle region.

A subtitle_region_horizontal_position_min field, asubtitle_region_horizontal_position_max field, asubtitle_region_vertical_position_min field and asubtitle_region_vertical_position_max field may be information forspecifying a subtitle region. These fields can indicate a horizontalminimum value, a horizontal maximum value, a vertical minimum value anda vertical maximum value.

As described above, information for specifying a subtitle region can beindicated through various methods. The SEI message may signal pixelbased absolute coordinates on the basis of a window or signal relativecoordinates such as percentage, cell resolution or the like instead ofproviding vertical/horizontal minimum/maximum values. The SEI messagemay further signal width and height information of a subtitle region inaddition to points based on absolute coordinates/relative coordinates tospecify the subtitle region.

The SEI message according to the present embodiment may further includea whole_video_horizontal_size field and a whole_video_vertical_sizefield according to an embodiment. These fields can indicate resolutionof the entire 360-degree video image. The SEI message according to thepresent embodiment may further include aspect ratio information of theentire 360-degree video image according to an embodiment.

The aforementioned fields may be replaced by other fields or may beomitted. In addition, the SEI message may further include additionalfields according to embodiments.

FIG. 26 illustrates delivery of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxC class and360-degree subtitle related metadata defined as the class inRegionOnSphereSampleEntry according to an embodiment.

As described above, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata can beconfigured in a form included a file format based on ISOBMFF.Particularly, the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadatawhen subtitles are rendered on the basis of an actual display screen maytake a box form defined as the SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxC class. In thiscase, signaling fields can be included in this box according toembodiments.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxC box can be included in Sample entry of thefile format, that is, RegionOnSphereSampleEntry. The 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata included in the Sample Entry may be subtitle relatedmetadata equally applied to samples in one video stream.

The fields in the corresponding box can perform the same roles as thefields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in theform of an SEI message. Here, the following fields may be additionallyincluded.

A window_horizontal_min_for_representative_value field and awindow_horizontal_max_for_representative_value field can indicateminimum and maximum horizontal position values of a window defined inthe corresponding sample entry.

A window_vertical_position_min_for_representative_value field and awindow_vertical_position_max_for_representative_value field can indicateminimum and maximum vertical position values of the window defined inthe corresponding sample entry.

A subtitle_region_horizontal_min_for_representative_value field and asubtitle_region_horizontal_max_for_representative_value field canindicate minimum and maximum horizontal position values of a subtitleregion defined in the corresponding sample entry.

A subtitle_region_vertical_max_for_representative_value field and asubtitle_region_vertical_max_for_representative_value field can indicateminimum and maximum vertical position values of the subtitle regiondefined in the corresponding sample entry.

FIG. 27 illustrates delivery of SubtitleOverlayInfoC( ) and 360-degreesubtitle related metadata defined as SubtitleOverlayInfoC( ) inRegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

According to the embodiment, the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata in the form of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxC box may beincluded in a sample of a file format, that is, RegionOnSphereSample( ).To deliver such metadata, SubtitleOverlayInfoC( ) can be defined andincluded in the sample. The 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in the Sample may be subtitle related metadata applied to onesample. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadata may change forsamples.

The fields in the corresponding box can perform the same roles as thefields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in theform of an SEI message. Here, the following fields may be additionallyincluded.

A window_horizontal_min_for_representative_value field and awindow_horizontal_max_for_representative_value field can indicateminimum and maximum horizontal position values of a window defined inthe corresponding sample.

A window_vertical_position_min_for_representative_value field and awindow_vertical_position_max_for_representative_value field can indicateminimum and maximum vertical position values of the window defined inthe corresponding sample.

A subtitle_region_horizontal_min_for_representative_value field and asubtitle_region_horizontal_max_for_representative_value field canindicate minimum and maximum horizontal position values of a subtitleregion defined in the corresponding sample.

A subtitle_region_vertical_max_for_representative_value field and asubtitle_region_vertical_max_for_representative_value field can indicateminimum and maximum vertical position values of the subtitle regiondefined in the corresponding sample.

A range to which the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is applied maychange depending on the position of the box including the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in a Sample Entry may be subtitle related metadata equallyapplied to samples in one video stream. 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata included in a Sample may be subtitle related metadata appliedto one sample.

FIG. 28 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor when subtitles are rendered on the basis of anactual display screen.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to theabove-described embodiments may be re-described in the form of a DASHbased descriptor. The above description can be equally applied to theDASH based descriptor.

As described above, the meanings of the values ofwindow_horizontal_position_min, window_horizontal_position_max,window_vertical_position_min, window_vertical_position_max,subtitle_region_horizontal_position_min,subtitle_region_horizontal_position_max,subtitle_region_vertical_position_min, andsubtitle_region_vertical_position_max may change depending on where thecorresponding descriptor is included. For example, when the descriptoris included in a segment, the fields can indicate minimum/maximumhorizontal/vertical position values of a window in a picture in thecorresponding segment. If the descriptor is included in arepresentation, the fields can indicate minimum/maximumhorizontal/vertical position values of a window in a picture in asegment belonging to the corresponding representation. If the descriptoris included in an AdaptationSet, the fields can indicate minimum/maximumhorizontal/vertical position values of a window in a picture in asegment included in a representation while belonging to thecorresponding AdaptationSet.

As described above, in the case of the descriptor which delivers360-degree subtitle related metadata when subtitles are rendered on thebasis of an actual display screen, the @schemeIdURI field may have avalue of urn:mpeg:dash:subtitle:overlay3:201x. This may be a valueidentifying the corresponding descriptor as a descriptor delivering the360-degree subtitle related metadata according to the above-describedembodiment.

The @value field of the descriptor may have the same values as the shownembodiment. That is, parameters of @value which are discriminated by “,”can correspond to the fields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata. In the shown embodiment, the parameters can have thesame meanings as the aforementioned signaling fields having the samenames. That is, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according toall the above-described embodiments can be described in the form of aDASH based descriptor.

FIG. 29 is a diagram for describing 360-degree subtitle related metadataaccording to an embodiment of the present invention when subtitles arerendered on the basis of an audio object or a video object.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, subtitles for360-degree video may be rendered on the basis of an audio object or avideo object. Appropriate subtitles depending on the current viewport ofa user can be rendered in consideration of position information of theaudio object and the video object on a 3D sphere. That is, the currentviewport of the user is considered and subtitles corresponding to anaudio object or a video object according to the current viewport can berendered. In the present embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata can provide signaling information in consideration of aviewport and the position of an audio object or a video object.

When audio is provided on the basis of an object in 360-degree content,position information about the audio object on a 3D sphere can be given.Here, audio provided to the user can be changed as the viewport of theuser changes. Subtitles for the changed audio can be provided to theuser and subtitles for an audio object irrespective of the currentviewport may not be provided to the user. When audio is changedaccording to the viewport in this manner, a subtitle rendering methodfor the corresponding subtitles may also be changed.

Similarly, when video is provided on the basis of an object in360-degree content, position information about the video object on a 3Dsphere can be given. Here, a video object viewed in the viewport can bechanged as the viewport of the user changes. Subtitles for audiogenerated from the changed video object and description relatedsubtitles for the changed video object can be provided to the user.Here, subtitles for a video object irrespective of the current viewportmay not be provided to the user. When video is changed according to theviewport in this manner, a subtitle rendering method for thecorresponding subtitles may also be changed.

Methd#0 shown in the figure indicates the entire 360-degree image. Whenthe user views the entire image, audio related to all audio/videoobjects can be provided and all subtitles according thereto can beprovided.

In method #1 shown in the figure, when the user views viewport #1, onlysubtitles for audio/video objects (Lucy) included in viewport #1 can berendered. When the user views viewport #2, only subtitles foraudio/video objects (Michael) included in viewport #2 can be rendered.

In method #2 shown in the figure, when the user views viewport #1, thesubtitles for audio/video objects (Lucy) included in viewport #1 can benormally rendered. Here, subtitles for audio/video objects (Michael)which are not included in viewport #1 can be rendered through anadditional process (parentheses, text color change or the like). It ispossible to indicate subtitles for audio/video objects (Michael) whichare not included in the current viewport through such a process.

FIG. 30 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofan SEI message when subtitles are rendered on the basis of an audioobject.

The shown SEI message may be an SEI message including 360-degreesubtitle related metadata when subtitles are rendered on the basis of anaudio object. This SEI message may be called subtitle_overlay_info_4( ).The aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata when subtitlesare rendered on the basis of an audio object may be represented in theform of a box, a DASH descriptor and various signaling tables inaddition to the shown SEI message.

In the SEI message according to the present embodiment, the region_idfield and the timed_text( ) field may have the same meanings as theaforementioned region_id field and timed_text( ) field.

A subtitle_type field can identify a type of a combination of theaforementioned subtitle rendering methods and the aforementionedmethod#1 and method#2. Here, the subtitle rendering methods may refer toall the above-described embodiments including the method of renderingsubtitles at a fixed position, the method of rendering subtitles at aposition varying according to viewports, the method of renderingsubtitles on the basis of an actual display screen and the like. Inaddition, method#1 and method#2 may refer to the aforementioned methodof rendering only subtitles for a corresponding object and the method ofseparately processing subtitles for objects, respectively. For example,it is possible to indicate whether the SEI message relates to acombination of the method of rendering subtitles at a fixed position andmethod #2 or a combination of the method of rendering subtitles at aposition varying according to viewports and method #1 using a value ofthis field.

A num_of_objects field can indicate the number of audio objects that canbe included in one subtitle region.

An audio_object_id field may be the ID of a corresponding object. Valuesof this field may be mapped to information of MPEG-H to connect thecorresponding audio object to subtitles or to allow a position value ofthe corresponding audio object to be used. This field will be describedbelow.

An audio_object_priority field can indicate priority information about acorresponding object. An object for which related subtitles will berendered can be selected from a plurality of objects using a value ofthis field. This field will be described below.

A subtitle_id field may be an ID of subtitles separated on the basis ofobjects. Values of this field can be connected to IDs of subtitlesseparated on the basis of internal objects of TTML. According to anembodiment, TTML may include a new subtitle_id_for_object_audio_idvalue. In this case, the value can be connected to the ID of this field.According to an embodiment, a subtitle provider may separate <regionxml:id . . . > or <p xml:id . . . >, create subtitles and use thecorresponding information for subtitle rendering without new valuesdefined in TTML.

A subtitle_position_info( ) field can indicate position information of asubtitle region in which subtitles corresponding to a correspondingaudio object are rendered. That is, this field may include offsetinformation of position_azimuth and position_elevation of the audioobject and additionally include an offset value for subtitle renderingin addition to ei_azOffset and ei_elOffset values which vary accordingto user interaction in an embodiment. According to an embodiment, thisfield may include theta and phi values of the aforementionedsubtitle_overlay_info_1( ), center values of yaw, pitch and roll ofsubtitle_overlay_info_2( ) and vertical/horizontal range values toindicate an object related subtitle region.

A font_size field may indicate a font size of corresponding subtitles.This field may replace tts:fontSize in TTML. In some cases, the offsetvalue may be included in the tts:fontSize value inside the TTML.According to an embodiment, this field may indicate a change of aprevious font size to a current font size in percentage.

A font_style field may indicate a font style of corresponding subtitles.For example, this field can indicate styles such as undefined, normal,italic, oblique, etc. This field may replace tts:fontStyle in TTML.

A font_weight field may indicate a font weight of correspondingsubtitles. For example, this field can indicate undefined, normal, bold,etc.

A background_color field may indicate a background color ofcorresponding subtitles. The background color of the subtitles can bechanged using the value of this field. This field may replacetts:backgroundColor in TTML.

A text_color field may indicate a text color of corresponding subtitles.The text color of the subtitles can be changed through this field. Thisfield may replace tts:color in TTML.

An including_brackets_flag field may be a flag indicating whethercorresponding subtitles include parentheses.

The aforementioned fields may be replaced by other fields or omitted. Inaddition, the SEI message may further include additional fieldsaccording to an embodiment.

FIGS. 31, 32 and 33 are diagrams for describing the audio_object_idfield and the audio_object_priority field in 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata when subtitles are rendered on the basis of an audio object.

As described above, the audio_object_id field is the ID of acorresponding object. Values of this field can be mapped to MPEG-Hinformation.

This field may have the same value as mae_metaDataElementID(+offset) ofmae_audioSceneInfo of MPEG-H and thus can connect the correspondingaudio object to corresponding subtitles. Here, information aboutmae_audioSceneInfo object based audio can be provided.

According to an embodiment, a position value of an audio object can beused for subtitle rendering. Subtitles related to the audio object canbe rendered depending on the position value of the audio object. Here,the position value of the audio object can be calculated according toposition_azimuth and position_elevation values included inintracoded_object_metadata_efficient( ) of MPEG-H.

Here, position_azimuth indicates an azimuth and may correspond toϕ(longitude, −180 to 180) and yaw in the case of 360-degree video.

In addition, position_elevation refers to altitude and may correspond toθ (latitude, −90 to 90) and pitch.

In this manner, the position value of the audio object is associatedwith corresponding subtitle information through the audio object ID, andthus subtitle rendering depending on audio object position can beperformed as described above.

In addition, variation according to user interaction may be reflected insubtitle rendering according to an embodiment. The position of an audioobject can be changed according to user interaction in a 3D sphere. Inthis case, the changed audio object can be newly rendered according tovalues of ei_azOffset[grp] and ei_elOffset[grp] included inei_GroupInteractivityStatus( ). Further, subtitle rendering depending onthe changed audio object position value can be performed using thevalues. In addition, an offset value for subtitle rendering at theobject position can be additionally included in the 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata.

Variations of azimuth and elevation according to user interaction can beindicated using the values of ei_azOffset and ei_elOffset shown in thefigure. el_GroupInteractivity Status( ) signals variation of an objectposition or sound information instead of signaling changed positioninformation or changed sound information when the object position ischanged or sound information is changed according to user interaction.

That is, an audio object suitable for a viewport can be selected usinginformation (position/sound level information) of audio objects andsubtitles suitable therefor can be rendered.

This operation can be performed according to association of audio objectrelated information with corresponding subtitle information through theaforementioned audio object ID.

As described above, the audio_object_priority field can indicatepriority information about a corresponding object. An object for whichrelated subtitles will be rendered can be selected from a plurality ofobjects using this field.

To this end, dynamic_object_priority included inintracoded_object_metadata_efficient( ) of MPEG-H can be used.dynamic_object_priority can indicate audio priority of the correspondingobject. This field can have values of 0 to 7. A value closer to 0indicates higher priority and a value closer to 7 indicates lowerpriority.

Audio for which subtitles need to be rendered can be selected from aplurality of object based audio tracks using priority information ofobjects and subtitle information related thereto.

That is, position information of audio objects is obtained throughposition_azimuth and position_elevation and an audio object suitable fora viewport can be selected using the position information. When aplurality of audio objects is present, appropriate subtitles can beselected in consideration of dynamic_object_priority.

FIG. 34 shows a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxD class delivered throughRegionOnSphereSampleEntry and SubtitleOverlayInfoD delivered throughRegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

As described above, 360-degree subtitle related metadata can beconfigured in a form included in a file format based on ISOBMFF.Particularly, when subtitles are rendered on the basis of an audioobject, 360-degree subtitle related metadata can take a box form definedas a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxD class. In this case, signaling fields canbe included in this box according to embodiments.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxD box can be included in a Sample Entry of thefile format, that is, RegionOnSphereSampleEntry (t34010). The 360-degreesubtitle related metadata included in the Sample Entry may be subtitlerelated metadata equally applied to samples in one video stream.

Fields in the box can perform the same roles as the fields of theaforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of anSEI message. Here, the box may additionally include a min_font_sizefield and/or a max_font_size field.

The min_font_size field and/or the max_font_size field indicate minimumand maximum values of a font size range of all samples included in thecorresponding sample entry.

The aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxD box can be included in a sample of the fileformat, that is, RegionOnSphereSample( ). To deliver the metadata,SubtitleOverlayInfoD( ) can be defined and included in samples. The360-degree subtitle related metadata included in the sample may besubtitle related metadata applied to one sample. That is, 360-degreesubtitle related metadata may be changed per sample.

The fields in the corresponding box can perform the same roles as thefields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in theform of an SEI message.

A range to which the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is applied maychange depending on the position of the box including the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in a Sample Entry may be subtitle related metadata equallyapplied to samples in one video stream. 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata included in a sample may be subtitle related metadata appliedto one sample.

FIG. 35 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofan SEI message when subtitles are rendered on the basis of a videoobject.

The shown SEI message may be an SEI message including 360-degreesubtitle related metadata when subtitles are rendered on the basis of avideo object. This SEI message may be called subtitle_overlay_info_4_1(). The aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata whensubtitles are rendered on the basis of a video object may be representedin the form of a box, a DASH descriptor and various signaling tables inaddition to the shown SEI message.

In the SEI message according to the present embodiment, fields may havethe same meanings as the fields in the aforementioned 360-degreesubtitle related metadata for subtitle rendering on the basis of anaudio object. However, the following fields differ from the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata for subtitle rendering on the basis of anaudio object.

A visual_object_id field is the ID of a visual object. This field mayidentify the type of the visual object. Here, a visual object may referto an object included in the current viewport and actually viewed by auser. A character A appears in a viewport, the character A cancorrespond to a visual object. A value for identifying a visual objectmay be newly defined in timed metadata of OMAF and connected to thevalue of this field. That is, both can have the same value.

A visual_object_priority field can indicate priority among visualobjects. When a viewport includes a plurality of visual objects, thisfield can indicate priority of the objects. In addition, a value forindicating priority of visual objects may be newly defined in timemetadata of OMAF and connected to the value of this field. That is, bothcan have the same value.

A subtitle_position_info( ) field can indicate position information of asubtitle region in which subtitles corresponding to a video object arerendered. That is, this field can include position information(center_yaw, center_pitch and center_roll) of a subtitle region includedin the timed metadata of OMAF in the form of an offset value. Inaddition, this field may include range information of each subtitleregion in the form of an offset value on the basis of information(hor_range and ver_range) corresponding to viewport range information.This field may include yaw, pitch and roll values andhorizontal/vertical range values of the center point of a subtitleregion instead of offset information according to an embodiment.

FIG. 36 shows a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxE class and aSubtitlePositionConfigBox class delivered throughRegionOnSphereSampleEntry according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

As described above, 360-degree subtitle related metadata can beconfigured in a form included in a file format based on ISOBMFF.Particularly, when subtitles are rendered on the basis of a videoobject, 360-degree subtitle related metadata can take a box form definedas a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxE class. In this case, signaling fields canbe included in this box according to embodiments.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxE box can be included in a Sample Entry of thefile format, that is, RegionOnSphereSampleEntry. The 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata included in the Sample Entry may be subtitle relatedmetadata equally applied to samples in one video stream.

Fields in the box can perform the same roles as the fields of theaforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of anSEI message. Here, the box may additionally include a min_font_sizefield and/or a max_font_size field.

The min_font_size field and/or the max_font_size field indicate minimumand maximum values of a font size range of all samples included in thecorresponding sample entry.

FIG. 37 shows SubtitlePositionInfo( ) and SubtitleOverlayInfoE( )delivered through RegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment ofthe present invention.

The aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxE box can be included in a sample of the fileformat, that is, RegionOnSphereSample( ). To deliver the metadata,SubtitleOverlayInfoE( ) can be defined and included in samples. The360-degree subtitle related metadata included in the sample may besubtitle related metadata applied to one sample. That is, 360-degreesubtitle related metadata may be changed per sample.

The fields in the corresponding box can perform the same roles as thefields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in theform of an SEI message.

A range to which the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is applied maychange depending on the position of the box including the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in a Sample Entry may be subtitle related metadata equallyapplied to samples in one video stream. 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata included in a sample may be subtitle related metadata appliedto one sample.

FIG. 38 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor when subtitles are rendered on the basis of anaudio object or a video object.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to theabove-described embodiments may be re-described in the form of a DASHbased descriptor. The above description can be equally applied to theDASH based descriptor. As described above, the meanings of values in thedescriptor can be changed depending on where the descriptor is included.

As described above, in the case of the descriptor which delivers360-degree subtitle related metadata when subtitles are rendered on thebasis of an audio object or a video object, the @schemeIdURI field mayhave a value of urn:mpeg:dash:subtitle:overlay4:201x. This may be avalue identifying the corresponding descriptor as a descriptordelivering the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to theabove-described embodiment.

The @value field of the descriptor may have the same values as the shownembodiment. That is, parameters of @value which are discriminated by “,”can correspond to the fields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata. In the shown embodiment, the parameters can have thesame meanings as the aforementioned signaling fields having the samenames. That is, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according toall of the above-described embodiments can be described in the form of aDASH based descriptor.

The shown descriptor has parameters with respect to the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata for rendering subtitles on the basis of anaudio object and parameters with respect to the 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata for rendering subtitles on the basis of a video object.According to an embodiment, the descriptor may have only the parametersfor only one of the 360-degree subtitle related metadata.

FIG. 39 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofan SEI message in the case of stereoscopic subtitles.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, 3D subtitles for3D video may be provided. That is, when stereoscopic subtitles areprovided, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to thepresent embodiment can provide information for providing the subtitlesthrough 3D services. In the present embodiment, the 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata can provide information about a target view on whichgeneration of the subtitles is based, disparity information and thelike. According to an embodiment, the 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata may provide depth information on the subtitle in place of thedisparity information. Here, the depth information may be represented bya Z-axis value. In addition, in the present embodiment, the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata can provide subtitle correction informationfor provision of the subtitles as 3D subtitles according to theintention of the subtitle provider. For example, the subtitles can berendered at the same position for the target view when the subtitles areprovided as 2D subtitles or 3D subtitles, but may not rendered accordingto the intention of the subtitle provider if not. To eliminate thisdifference, the subtitle correction information can be included in the360-degree subtitle related metadata.

The SEI message may be called subtitle_overlay_info_5( ). The 360-degreesubtitle related metadata according to the present embodiment may berepresented in the form of a box, a DASH descriptor and varioussignaling tables in addition to the shown SEI message.

A cancel_flag field indicates that all of previoussubtitle_overlay_info_5( ) SEI messages in output order are canceledwhen set to 1. This field indicates that 3D subtitle related informationsuch as a target view, disparity and the like follows the SEI messagewhen set to 0.

A 3D_flag field indicates whether the SEI message includes a value fordisplaying the subtitles as 3D subtitles when 360-degree video isprovided as 3D video. When this field is 1, the SEI message canadditionally include information related to the 3D subtitles.

A target_view field indicates whether the subtitles are for left view orright view. That is, this field can indicate the target view of thesubtitles. The subtitles may be for left view when this field is 0 andmay be for right view when this field is 1.

The target_point_x and target_point_y fields are reference points fordisparity_for_subtitle to be applied. If this subtitle is for left viewor right view, this field may indicate a reference point for applyingdisparity of this subtitle. The receiver may apply the disparityinformation using this reference point information and render thecorresponding subtitle in 3D.

A disparity_for_subtitle field signals disparity for the subtitles. Whenthe subtitles are for left view or right view, this field can indicatedisparity therefor. A receiver can render the subtitles as 3D subtitlesusing such disparity information.

A calibration_position_flag_for_3D field indicates whether the SEImessage includes information for calibration of the subtitles. When thesubtitles are provided as 3D subtitles, the rendering position of thesubtitles may change from the rendering position when the subtitles areprovided as 2D subtitles. Accordingly, a value for calibrating therendering position according to the intention of the subtitle providermay be needed. The SEI message enables calibration of the subtitlesthrough an offset value when this field is 1 and the SEI message may notprovide calibration information when this field is 0. According to anembodiment, the SEI message may signal a rendering position of thesubtitles on the basis of 3D left or right view and may provide anoffset value such that calibration is performed when the subtitles areprovided as 2D subtitles.

An x_sign field and a y_sign field indicate x-axis and y-axis directionsin which an offset is applied to the subtitles when calibration isapplied thereto. The offset can be applied in minus x-axis and y-axisdirections when this field is 0 and applied in plus x-axis and y-axisdirections when this field is 1.

An x_offset field and a y_offset field indicate x and y offset valuesused when calibration is applied.

The aforementioned fields provide signaling information for calibrationon the basis of two dimensions. However, the information may be providedon the basis of three dimensions according to embodiments. For example,when a subtitle region on a 3D sphere is signaled, offset values withrespect to changes of yaw, pitch and roll of the center point of thesubtitle region can be signaled to control the subtitle region. Further,a point (ϕ, θ) shifted from a reference point constituting the subtitleregion may be signaled or an offset value of (ϕ, θ) changed from thereference point may be signaled according to an embodiment. In the caseof rendering in the form of a three-dimensional sphere, information onshape_type may be additionally included. Further, a value of a referencepoint of disparity, which is the target_point_x and target_point_ydefined above, may also be represented by a three-dimensional value andmay include a target_point_yaw_center value, a target_point_pitch_centervalue, and a target_point_roll_center value.

The timed_text( ) field has been described above.

The aforementioned fields may be replaced by other fields or omitted. Inaddition, the SEI message may further include additional fieldsaccording to an embodiment.

FIG. 40 shows a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxF class delivered throughRegionOnSphereSampleEntry and SubtitleOverlayInfoF( ) delivered throughRegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

As described above, 360-degree subtitle related metadata can beconfigured in a form included in a file format based on ISOBMFF.Particularly, when stereoscopic subtitles are provided, 360-degreesubtitle related metadata can take a box form defined as aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxF class (t40010). In this case, signaling fieldscan be included in this box according to embodiments.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxF box can be included in a Sample Entry of thefile format, that is, RegionOnSphereSampleEntry. The 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata included in the Sample Entry may be subtitle relatedmetadata equally applied to samples in one video stream.

Fields in the box can perform the same roles as the fields of theaforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of anSEI message. Here, the box may additionally include a min_font_sizefield and/or a max_font_size field.

The min_font_size field and/or the max_font_size field indicate minimumand maximum values of a font size range of all samples included in thecorresponding sample entry. Here, the corresponding box may additionallyinclude a dynamic_flag field andx_offset_min/y_offset_min/x_offset_max/y_offset_max fields.

When the dynamic_flag field is 1, thex_offset_min/y_offset_min/x_offset_max/y_offset_max fields can beincluded in the corresponding box. These fields indicate a minimum xoffset value, a minimum y offset value, a maximum x offset value and amaximum y offset value which are applied in corresponding samples. Thesefields can indicate the entire range of offset of the correspondingsamples.

For reference, the target_point_x and target_point_y fields arereference points for disparity_for_subtitle to be applied. If thissubtitle is for left view or right view, these fields may indicate areference point for applying disparity of the subtitle. The receiver mayapply the disparity information using this reference point informationand render the corresponding subtitle in 3D.

In the case of rendering in the form of a three-dimensional sphere,information on shape_type may be additionally included. Further, a valueof a reference point of disparity, which is the target_point_x andtarget_point_y defined above, may also be represented by athree-dimensional value and may include a target_point_yaw_center value,a target_point_pitch_center value, and a target_point_roll_center value.

The aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxF box can be included in a sample of the fileformat, that is, RegionOnSphereSample( ). To deliver the metadata,SubtitleOverlayInfoE( ) can be defined and included in samples (t40010).The 360-degree subtitle related metadata included in the sample may besubtitle related metadata applied to one sample. That is, 360-degreesubtitle related metadata may be changed per sample.

The fields in the corresponding box can perform the same roles as thefields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in theform of an SEI message.

A range to which the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is applied maychange depending on the position of the box including the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in a Sample Entry may be subtitle related metadata equallyapplied to samples in one video stream. 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata included in a sample may be subtitle related metadata appliedto one sample.

FIG. 41 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to theabove-described embodiments may be re-described in the form of a DASHbased descriptor. The above description can be equally applied to theDASH based descriptor. As described above, the meanings of values in thedescriptor can be changed depending on where the descriptor is included.

As described above, in the case of a descriptor which delivers360-degree subtitle related metadata when stereoscopic subtitles areprovided, the @schemeIdURI field may have a value ofurn:mpeg:dash:subtitle:overlay5:201x. This may be a value identifyingthe corresponding descriptor as a descriptor delivering the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata according to the above-described embodiment.

The @value field of the descriptor may have the same values as the shownembodiment. That is, parameters of @value which are discriminated by “,”can correspond to the fields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata. In the shown embodiment, the parameters can have thesame meanings as the aforementioned signaling fields in the same names.That is, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to all theabove-described embodiments can be described in the form of a DASH baseddescriptor.

The target_point_x and target_point_y fields are reference points fordisparity_for_subtitle to be applied. If this subtitle is for left viewor right view, these fields may indicate a reference point for applyingdisparity of the subtitle. The receiver may apply the disparityinformation using this reference point information and render thecorresponding subtitle in 3D.

In the case of rendering in the form of a three-dimensional sphere,information on shape_type may be additionally included. Further, a valueof a reference point of disparity, which is the target_point_x andtarget_point_y defined above, may also be represented by athree-dimensional value and may include a target_point_yaw_center value,a target_point_pitch_center value, and a target_point_roll_center value.

FIG. 42 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata, which is representedin the form of an SEI message in a case in which subtitle rendering isinterrupted when video is zoomed in by a specific level or more,according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, rendering ofsubtitles for 360-degree video can be interrupted when the video iszoomed in by a specific level or more. In an embodiment of the presentinvention, when the 360-degree video is zoomed in and thus the size of asubtitle region decreases to a specific level or more, rendering of thesubtitles can be interrupted. According to an embodiment, rendering ofthe subtitles may be interrupted when the size of the subtitle regionincreases to a specific level or more.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to the presentembodiment may provide signaling information for performing theaforementioned operation. The SEI message according to the presentembodiment may be called subtitle_overlay_info_6( ) (t42010).

A cancel_flag field can be set to 1 when signaling information of theSEI message has been changed from previously provided signalinginformation, like the aforementioned cancel_flag field.

A unit_basis_type field indicates a type of information about regionsprovided by the SEI message. For example, region related information canbe provided as a percentage when this field is set to 0, provided as acell when set to 1, provided as a pixel when set to 2, and reserved forfuture use when set to 3.

A width_proj_frame field and a height_proj_frame field indicate thewidth and height of the entire area of 360-degree video. The entire areamay be based on the aforementioned projected frame.

A subtitle_off_region_info_flag field may be a flag indicating whetherinformation related to the aforementioned subtitle renderinginterruption operation is included in the SEI message. As describedabove, when 360-degree video is zoomed in by a specific level or more orzoomed out by a specific level or more and thus only part of the360-degree video is cropped and rendered, subtitle rendering can beinterrupted. Subtitle rendering can be interrupted when this field is 1.This operation may be needed when a video region which does not requiresubtitles is rendered.

A video_region_middle_point_x field, a video_region_middle_point_yfield, a video_region_region_width field and avideo_region_region_height field indicate x and y values of the centerpoint of a region that requires rendering and the width and height ofthe region on the basis of the center point. When the subtitle regiondecreases to be smaller than the region indicated by these fields,rendering of the corresponding subtitles can be interrupted (t42020).

According to an embodiment, the SEI message may signal only width andheight information of a reference region. When the width and height ofthe subtitle region decrease below a signaled width and height,rendering of the corresponding subtitles can be interrupted. That is,information about a middle point (x, y) may not be needed. In this case,the video_region_middle_point_x and video_region_middle_point_y fieldsmay have larger values than the width_proj_frame and height_proj_framefields.

The aforementioned fields provide signaling information for subtitlerendering interruption on the basis of two dimensions. However, thecorresponding information may be provided on the basis of threedimensions according to an embodiment. For example, a reference regionon a 3D sphere can be signaled. The reference region for subtitlerendering interruption can be specified by signaling the center pointthereof as yaw, pitch and roll values and signaling yaw/pitch rangevalues.

The aforementioned fields may be replaced by other fields or omitted. Inaddition, the SEI message may further include additional fieldsaccording to an embodiment.

FIG. 43 shows a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxG class delivered throughRegionOnSphereSampleEntry and SubtitleOverlayInfoG( ) delivered throughRegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

As described above, 360-degree subtitle related metadata can beconfigured in a form included in a file format based on ISOBMFF.Particularly, in a case in which subtitle rendering is interrupted whenvideo is zoomed in by a specific level or more, 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata can take a box form defined as aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxG class (t43010). In this case, signaling fieldscan be included in this box according to embodiments.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxG box can be included in a Sample Entry of thefile format, that is, RegionOnSphereSampleEntry. The 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata included in the Sample Entry may be subtitle relatedmetadata equally applied to samples in one video stream.

Fields in the box can perform the same roles as the fields of theaforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of anSEI message. Here, when the dynamic_flag field is 1, the box mayadditionally include avideo_region_middle_point_x_for_representative_point field, avideo_region_middle_point_y_for_representative_point field, amin_width_for_subtitle_for_representative_point field, amin_height_for_subtitle_for_representative_point field, amax_width_for_subtitle_for_representative_point field and/or amax_height_for_subtitle_for_representative_point field.

The fields can signal representative values and minimum/maximumwidth/height values of center points of reference regions applied tocorresponding samples.

According to an embodiment, the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata in the form of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxG box can beincluded in a sample of the file format, that is, RegionOnSphereSample(). To deliver the metadata, SubtitleOverlayInfoG( ) can be defined andincluded in samples (t43020). The 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in the sample may be subtitle related metadata applied to onesample. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadata may be changed persample.

The fields in the corresponding box can perform the same roles as thefields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in theform of an SEI message.

A range to which the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is applied maychange depending on the position of the box including the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in a Sample Entry may be subtitle related metadata equallyapplied to samples in one video stream. 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata included in a sample may be subtitle related metadata appliedto one sample.

FIG. 44 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor in a case in which subtitle rendering isinterrupted when video is zoomed in by a specific level or more.

Similarly, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to theabove-described embodiments may be re-described in the form of a DASHbased descriptor. The above description can be equally applied to theDASH based descriptor. As described above, the meanings of values in thedescriptor can be changed depending on where the descriptor is included.

As described above, in the case of a descriptor which delivers360-degree subtitle related metadata in a case in which subtitlerendering is interrupted when the video is zoomed in by a specific levelor more, the @ schemeIdURI field may have a value ofurn:mpeg:dash:subtitle:overlay6:201x. This may be a value identifyingthe corresponding descriptor as a descriptor delivering the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata according to the above-described embodiment.

The @value field of the descriptor may have the same values as the shownembodiment. That is, parameters of @value which are discriminated by “,”can correspond to the fields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata. In the shown embodiment, the parameters can have thesame meanings as the aforementioned signaling fields having the samenames. That is, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according toall of the above-described embodiments can be described in the form of aDASH based descriptor.

FIG. 45 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofan SEI message when a viewport recommended per subtitle or audio objectis signaled.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when there is aviewport recommended per subtitle or audio object, 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata can signal presence of the recommended viewport. An SEImessage including the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according tothe present embodiment may be called sutitle_overlay_info_7( ) (t45020).

In an embodiment (t45010) of the present invention, a user who isviewing viewport #1 may view specific subtitles with respect to an audioobject (Lucy). Here, the SEI message according to the present embodimentmay include signaling information for signaling a recommended viewportconnected to the subtitles to the user. That is, when there is aviewport recommended per subtitle or object based audio, the SEI messageaccording to the present embodiment can signal the recommended viewport.

The shown SEI message subtitle_overlay_info_7( ) will be described blow(t45020).

An audio_object_id, subtitle_id field may be the same as theaforementioned field in the same name.

A recommended_viewport_id field can provide the ID of a recommendedviewport related to video associated with corresponding subtitles, thatis, subtitles identified by subtitle_id such that the user can view thevideo. This field can signal a viewport ID mapped to subtitle_id.

A viewport_id_info( ) field indicates viewport_id_info_for_plane( )which specifies a corresponding recommended viewport on a 2D plane orviewport_id_info_for_sphere( ) which specifies the correspondingrecommended viewport on a 3D sphere. Here, the 2D plane can refer to theaforementioned projected frame or packed frame.

The viewport_id_info_for_plane( ) can specify a recommended viewport onthe 2D plane (t45020) as described above. Fields included in theviewport_id_info_for_plane( ) will be described below.

A viewport_center_point_x field and a viewport_center_point_y field canspecify the center point of a recommended viewport as (x, y)coordinates. That is, these fields can specify the center point of arendering region on the 2D plane for a recommended video region.

A viewport_width field and a viewport_height field can specify the widthand the height of the recommended viewport on the basis of the centerpoint of the recommended viewport. The recommended viewport can bespecified on the 2D plane using the width and the height on the basis ofthe center point of the recommended viewport indicated by theaforementioned fields.

The viewport_id_info_for_sphere( ) can specify the recommended viewporton the 3D sphere (t45020) as described above. Fields included in theviewport_id_info_for_sphere( ) will be described below.

A shape_type field can perform the same roles as shape_type of theaforementioned subtitle_overlay=info_1( ).

Yaw_center, pitch_center, roll_center, yaw_range and pitch_range fieldscan provide values for specifying the recommended viewport on the 3Dsphere. These fields can provide information related to the center pointand FOV of the recommended viewport. That is, the fields can indicateyaw, pitch and roll values of the center point of the recommendedviewport, and yaw and pitch ranges based on the center point,respectively. The recommended viewport can be specified on the 3D sphereusing these values.

FIG. 46 shows a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxH class delivered throughRegionOnSphereSampleEntry and SubtitleOverlayInfoH( ) delivered throughRegionOnSphereSample( ) according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

As described above, 360-degree subtitle related metadata can beconfigured in a form included in a file format based on ISOBMFF.Particularly, when a viewport recommended per subtitle or audio objectis signaled as described above, 360-degree subtitle related metadata cantake a box form defined as a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxH class. In thiscase, signaling fields can be included in this box according toembodiments.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of aSubtitleOverlayConfigBoxH box can be included in a Sample Entry of thefile format, that is, RegionOnSphereSampleEntry (t46010). The 360-degreesubtitle related metadata included in the Sample Entry may be subtitlerelated metadata equally applied to samples in one video stream.

Fields in the box can perform the same roles as the fields of theaforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of anSEI message.

Here, the corresponding box may further include a sphere_flag field.This field can be used to discriminate signaling for specifying arecommended viewport on the 2D plane from signaling for specifying therecommended viewport on the 3D sphere in one box.

In addition, the corresponding box may further include a dynamic_flagfield. According to the value of this field, the box can designate arange of values applied to all samples of a corresponding sample entryor provide fixed values applied to all samples of the sample entry.

When dynamic_flag=1, RecommendedViewportIDConfigBox can signal a rangeincluding all values related to corresponding recommended viewportsapplied to samples of a corresponding sample entry. Specifically, whenrecommended viewports on the 3D sphere are signaled,RecommendedViewportIDConfigBox can signal a range including all of yaw,pitch and roll values and vertical/horizontal range values with respectto the center points of the recommended viewports for samples of thecorresponding sample entry. Further, when recommended viewports on the2D plane are signaled, RecommendedViewportIDConfigBox can signal a rangeincluding all of x and y values and vertical/horizontal range valueswith respect to the center points of the recommended viewports forsamples of the corresponding sample entry.

When dynamic_flag=0, RecommendedViewportIDConfigBox can signal fixedvalues related to recommended viewports applied to all samples of acorresponding sample entry. Specifically, when recommended viewports onthe 3D sphere are signaled, RecommendedViewportIDConfigBox can signalyaw, pitch and roll values and vertical/horizontal range values withrespect to the center points of recommended viewports applied to samplesof the corresponding sample entry. Further, when recommended viewportson the 2D plane are signaled, RecommendedViewportIDConfigBox can signalx and y values and vertical/horizontal range values with respect to thecenter points of recommended viewports applied to samples of thecorresponding sample entry.

RecommendedViewportIDConfigBox when dynamic_flag=0 can refer torecommended_viewport_id_info( ) when subtitle_overlay_info_7( ) isapplied to sample entries.

According to an embodiment, the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata in the form of a SubtitleOverlayConfigBoxH box can beincluded in a sample of the file format, that is, RegionOnSphereSample() (t46020). The 360-degree subtitle related metadata included in thesample may be subtitle related metadata applied to one sample. That is,360-degree subtitle related metadata may be changed per sample. Thefields in the corresponding box can perform the same roles as the fieldsof the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the formof an SEI message.

A range to which the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is applied maychange depending on the position of the box including the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in a Sample Entry may be subtitle related metadata equallyapplied to samples in one video stream. 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata included in a sample may be subtitle related metadata appliedto one sample.

FIG. 47 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor when a viewport recommended per subtitle oraudio object is signaled.

Similarly, when a viewport recommended per subtitle or audio object issignaled, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to theabove-described embodiments may be re-described in the form of a DASHbased descriptor. The above description can be equally applied to theDASH based descriptor.

As described above, the meanings of field values can be changeddepending on where the descriptor is included.

As described above, in the case of a descriptor which delivers360-degree subtitle related metadata when a viewport recommended persubtitle or audio object is signaled, the @schemeIdURI field may have avalue of urn:mpeg:dash:subtitle:overlay7:201x. This may be a valueidentifying the corresponding descriptor as a descriptor delivering the360-degree subtitle related metadata according to the above-describedembodiment.

The @value field of the descriptor may have the same values as the shownembodiment. That is, parameters of @value which are discriminated by “,”can correspond to the fields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata. In the shown embodiment, the parameters can have thesame meanings as the aforementioned signaling fields having the samenames. That is, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according toall of the above-described embodiments can be described in the form of aDASH based descriptor.

FIG. 48 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofan SEI message when a depth or disparity value of subtitles iscontrolled depending on a depth or disparity value of a viewport.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a depth ordisparity value of subtitles can be controlled depending on a depth ordisparity value of a viewport.

According to an embodiment, stereoscopic 360-degree video can beprovided. To provide the stereoscopic 360-degree video, depth ordisparity information about the 360-degree video can be signaled. Depthor disparity information about subtitles for the 360-degree video canalso be signaled.

However, if only a 360-degree video corresponding to a viewport isrendered, the 3D effect thereof may depend on the viewport.Depth/disparity of subtitles provided in the viewport can be adaptivelycontrolled according to depth/disparity of the 360-degree video whichdepends on the viewport.

Although a depth/disparity value of subtitles may be included in thesubtitles (e.g., tts:disparity), the 3D effect may be changed accordingto viewports, and thus the depth/disparity value of the subtitles mayneed to be signaled according to the depth/disparity value depending ona corresponding viewport. When the subtitle area is rendered on asphere, information indicating a reference point for application of thedisparity and the disparity value of the reference value may be furthersignaled depending on the shape of the subtitle area (shape_type).Accordingly, the 3D effect can be improved and eye fatigue can bereduced.

When subtitles for stereoscopic video are provided, a depth map for leftimages or right images may be provided along with the subtitlesaccording to an embodiment. The depth map may be provided by beingincluded along with left/right images in video data, provided by beingincluded in corresponding 360-degree subtitle related metadata, orprovided by being included in additional signaling information.According to an embodiment, depth maps for both left images and rightimages may be provided.

According to an embodiment, a depth map/disparity map indicatingdepth/disparity may be delivered to signal a depth according toviewport. That is, a depth map or a disparity map may be delivered usingonly minimum data through subsampling.

According to an embodiment, a receiver may calculate and use disparityusing only stereo images.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to the presentembodiment may further include signaling information for changing awindow size and a subtitle font size according to change in thedepth/disparity of subtitles.

When the depth/disparity of subtitles is controlled and the subtitlesare rendered, the size of the window including the subtitles and thefont size of the subtitles may need to be changed. Here, the windowrefers to a root container region newly defined in consideration of aviewport as described above. When the window size and the subtitle fontsize are changed together, enhanced 3D effect of the subtitles can beprovided.

For example, when minus disparity is applied to subtitles, the size ofthe window including the subtitles and the text size of the subtitlesmay need to be increased.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to the presentembodiment can define signaling information included in the currentstereoscopic video. When a depth map or a disparity map is used, all orsome of the metadata may be included in the depth map or the disparitymap.

The shown SEI message may be an SEI message including 360-degreesubtitle related metadata in a case in which a depth or disparity valueof subtitles is controlled depending on a depth or disparity value of aviewport as described above. The SEI message may be calledsubtitle_overlay_info_8( ). The aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata in a case in which a depth or disparity value ofsubtitles is controlled depending on a depth or disparity value of aviewport may be represented in the form of a box, a DASH descriptor andvarious signaling tables in addition to the shown SEI message.

A 3D_stereo_service_flag field may be a flag indicating whethercorresponding subtitles are used for a 3D stereo service. This field canindicate that the corresponding subtitles are used for the 3D or stereoservice when set to 1. This field can indicate that the correspondingsubtitles are used for a 2D service when set to 0.

An adaptive_subtitle_overlay_flag field may be a flag indicating whethercorresponding subtitles are adaptively overlaid (rendered) according toviewport. This field can indicate whether the aforementioned method ofcontrolling disparity of the subtitles depending on the viewport isused.

A cancel_flag field indicates that all previous subtitle_overlay_info_8() SEI messages in output order are canceled when set to 1.

An including_depth_map_flag field may be a flag indicating whether adepth map of the corresponding video as well as left/right images areprovided. When this field is 1, the depth map is provided. When thisfield is 0, the depth map is not provided. The depth map may be providedby being included in video data along with left/right images, providedby being included in corresponding 360-degree subtitle related metadataor provided by being included in additional signaling information.

An including_disparity_map_flag field may be a flag indicating whether adisparity map for the corresponding video is provided. When this fieldis 1, the disparity is provided. When this field is 0, the disparity mapis not provided. The disparity map may be provided by being included invideo data along with left/right images, provided by being included incorresponding 360-degree subtitle related metadata or provided by beingincluded additional signaling information. When this field is 0, areceiver may calculate disparity information using left/right images.

A subtitle_id field may be an ID for identifying correspondingsubtitles. This field may be an ID for identifying correspondingsubtitles among all subtitles (which may be a TTML document).

This field may be used differently according to subtitle servicescenarios. This field may be used to identify subtitles according toaudio of an object. Further, this field may be used as an ID forsubtitle rendering according to an embodiment.

When a service scenario identifies subtitles according to audio object,this field can identify corresponding subtitles by associating the samewith an audio object. For example, subtitles connected to an audioobject having an audio object ID of 0 can be identified when this fieldis 0, and subtitles connected to an audio object having an audio objectID of 1 can be identified when this field is 1.

A depth_or_disparity_map_id field can indicate the ID of a depth map ora disparity map connected to corresponding subtitles (subtitlesidentified by subtitle_id). This field may have the same value as the IDof a delivered depth map or disparity map. According to an embodiment,subtitle_overlay_info_8( ) may include a disparity map or a depth map.

A depth_or_disparity_map_type field can indicate whether a depth map ora disparity map associated with corresponding subtitles has a 3D sphereform or a 2D form. The depth map has a 3D form when this field is 0 andhas a 2D ERP form when this field is 1. 2D forms may include a cube inaddition to ERP.

A downsampling_flag field can indicate whether a depth map or adisparity map associated with corresponding subtitles has beendownsampled compared to resolution of left/right images. When the depthmap or disparity map has not been downsampled, the depth map ordisparity map can conform to the resolution of the left/right images.

According to an embodiment, when a depth/disparity map has differentresolution from left/right images, this field can signal a downsamplingrate. In this case, the resolution of the depth/disparity map can beadditionally signaled.

When a depth/disparity map is 2D, the SEI message may include adownsampling_rate_for_width field and a downsampling_rate_for_heightfield. These fields can indicate downsampling rates of the width andheight of the depth/disparity map. Here, the fields can indicate theaforementioned downsampling rates on the basis of the width and theheight of left/right images. According to an embodiment, the fields maysignal the actual width and height of the depth/disparity map.

When the depth/disparity map is 3D, the SEI message may include ashape_type field, a downsampling_point_for_yaw_center field, adownsampling_point_for_pitch_center field, adownsampling_point_for_roll_center field, adownsampling_rate_for_horizontal_range field and adownsampling_rate_for_vertical_range field.

Here, the shape_type field can perform the same role as shape_type ofthe aforementioned subtitle_overlay_info_1 ( ).

The downsampling_point_for_yaw_center,downsampling_point_for_pitch_center anddownsampling_point_for_roll_center fields can signal the center point ofa downsampled depth/disparity map as yaw, pitch and roll values.

The downsampling_rate_for_horizontal_range anddownsampling_rate_for_vertical_range fields can indicate downsamplingrates for horizontal and vertical ranges of the downsampleddepth/disparity map. Here, these fields can indicate the aforementioneddownsampling rates on the basis of horizontal/vertical ranges ofleft/right images. According to an embodiment, these fields may signalactual horizontal and vertical ranges of the downsampled depth/disparitymap.

A left_depth_map_flag field can indicate whether the corresponding depthmap is a depth map for left images or a depth map for right images. Thisfield can indicate that the corresponding depth map is a depth map forright images when set to 0, indicate that the corresponding depth map isa depth map for left images when set to 1 and indicate that thecorresponding depth map is a depth map for an intermediate image betweena left image and a right image when set to 2.

According to an embodiment, this field can signal which view isassociated with a corresponding depth map in an environment in whichmulti-view images are provided. In this case, this field can have anumber indicating the view associated with the corresponding depth mapas a value thereof.

According to an embodiment, this field may be extended to signalpresence or absence of a depth map for all views of a multi-view image.In this case, a num_of_depth_maps field which indicates the number ofviews may be additionally included in the SEI message. This field mayindicate which depth map corresponds to a view. Here, a depth_map_idfield may be added in order to identify a depth map.

An offset_unit field can indicate the unit of an offset value of acorresponding depth/disparity map. When this field is 0, offset of thedepth/disparity map can use the unit of the actual depth/disparity. Whenthis field is 1, a percentage based value can be used. When this fieldis 2, the offset of the depth/disparity can be signaled through a methodof indicating a value corresponding to the exponent when the offset isexpressed by exponentiation of 2.

A sign_of_offset_for_subtitle field and an offset_value_for_subtitlefield can signal a sign value and an offset value for determiningdepth/disparity of subtitles. When a depth/disparity map of video isprovided, a minimum depth/disparity value of the depth/disparity map maybe a criterion for determining depth/disparity of subtitles. Thedepth/disparity of the subtitles can be calculated in consideration ofan offset value and a sign value provided by the fields in addition tothe minimum depth/disparity value. A receiver can calculate thedepth/disparity of subtitles in this manner and render the subtitles.Here, tts:disparity defined in the conventional subtitle document can beignored.

A font_size_unit field, a sign_font_size field and a font_size_offsetfield can indicate a font size unit, a sign and an offset value forchanging a font size. When a depth or disparity value is changedaccording to viewport as described above, the font size may need to bechanged. To this end, these fields can signal the aforementioned values.Here, the font size offset value may be an offset value based ontts:fontSize. The font size unit may need to be consistent with the fontsize defined in the conventional TTML. The font size unit may be a cell,a pixel or the like.

A window_size_unit field, a sign_window_size field and awindow_size_offset field can indicate a window size unit, a sign and anoffset value for changing a window size. When a depth or disparity valueis changed according to viewport as described above, the window size mayneed to be changed. To this end, the fields can signal theaforementioned values. Here, when only one of font_size and window_sizeis changed, the other may be changed in proportion to the changed value.Here, a window offset may be based on a window size value defined insubtitle_overlay=info_3( ).

An including_disparity_values field can indicate whether the SEI messageincludes a disparity value or a depth value for each region of videowhen the video is divided into predetermined regions. A disparity valueof a corresponding region can be provided when this field is 1 and adepth value of the corresponding region can be provided when this fieldis 0. Here, when video is divided into predetermined regions, the videomay be divided on the basis of depth or divided using tile informationaccording to an embodiment. Further, video may be divided on the basisof cells or divided through various other methods according toembodiments.

A num_of_regions field can indicate the number of divided regions.

A region_id field may be an ID for identifying a divided region.

A region_info( ) field can include information for specifying dividedregions. For example, this field can specify each region throughwidth/height information (in the case of a 2D plane) or throughyaw_center, pitch_center, roll_center, horizontal_range andvertical_range information (in the case of a 3D sphere).

A left_flag field can indicate a view associated with a depth value whenthe SEI message includes the depth value. The depth value can be a depthvalue for left images when this field is 1 and can be a depth value forright images when this field is 0.

A value_unit field can indicate the unit of depth/disparity offset.

The target_point_yaw_center, target_point_pitch_center, andtarget_point_roll_center fields indicate the reference point fordisparity_depth_value_of_target_point to be applied. The receiver mayapply the disparity information using the reference point informationand render the corresponding subtitle in 3D.

The disparity_depth_value_of_target_point field may represent adisparity/depth value at the reference point.

A min_value_in_region_of_video/max_value_in_region_of_video field cansignal a minimum/maximum depth value or a minimum/maximum disparityvalue in each divided region. Here, minimum values for divided regionsare mandatory but maximum values therefor may not be mandatory forsubtitle rendering.

A font_size_unit_in_region field, a sign_font_size_in_region field, afont_size_offset_in_region field, a window_size_unit_in_region field, asign_window_size_in_region field and a window_size_offset_in_regionfield can perform the same roles as the aforementioned font_size_unit,sign_font_size, font_size_offset, window_size_unit, sign_window_size andwindow_size_offset fields for each divided region.

A timed_text( ) field has been described above.

The SEI message may further include an intrinsic camera parameter inacquisition of 3D video. The intrinsic camera parameter may furtherinclude focal length, principal point and skew coefficient. The focallength may be represented as fx and fy values and displayed in units ofpixel. When a cell spacing between centers of physical cameras has thesame value in the horizontal and vertical directions, only fx or fy canbe displayed. The principal point can be represented as cx and cy valuesand refer to the center of a camera lens. The skew coefficient can berepresented as skew_c=tan α.

FIG. 49 illustrates delivery of 360-degree subtitle related metadatadefined as SubtitleOverlayInfoI through RegionOnSphereSample( ).

As described above, 360-degree subtitle related metadata can beconfigured in a form included in a file format based on ISOBMFF.Particularly, when a depth or disparity value of subtitles is controlledaccording to a depth or disparity value of a viewport as describedabove, 360-degree subtitle related metadata can be defined asSubtitleOverlayInfoI and included in a sample of the file format, thatis, RegionOnSphereSample( ). In this case, signaling fields can beincluded in SubtitleOverlayInfoI.

The 360-degree subtitle related metadata included in the sample may besubtitle related metadata applied to one sample. That is, 360-degreesubtitle related metadata may be changed per sample. The fields in thecorresponding box can perform the same roles as the fields of theaforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in the form of anSEI message.

Here, RecommendedViewportIDInfo( ) may be the same as the aforementionedRecommendedViewportIDInfo( ) and may be the same as region_info( ) ofsubtitle_overlay_info_8( ).

As described above, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata may bedefined as a box and included in a sample entry of a file format, thatis, RegionOnSphereSampleEntry. In this case, fields for indicating arepresentative value and a range of ample entries may be newly included.These fields can signal a minimum depth/disparity value and a maximumdepth/disparity value among all samples of sample entry. The 360-degreesubtitle related metadata included in the sample entry may be subtitlerelated metadata equally applied to samples in one video stream.

The fields in the corresponding box can perform the same roles as thefields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitle related metadata in theform of an SEI message.

A range to which the 360-degree subtitle related metadata is applied maychange depending on the position of the box including the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata. That is, 360-degree subtitle related metadataincluded in a sample entry may be subtitle related metadata equallyapplied to samples in one video stream. 360-degree subtitle relatedmetadata included in a sample may be subtitle related metadata appliedto one sample.

FIG. 50 shows 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to anembodiment of the present invention which is represented in the form ofa DASH based descriptor when a depth or disparity value of subtitles iscontrolled according to a depth or disparity value of a viewport.

Similarly, when a viewport recommended per subtitle or audio object issignaled, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according to theabove-described embodiments may be re-described in the form of a DASHbased descriptor. The above description can be equally applied to theDASH based descriptor. As described above, the meanings of field valuescan be changed depending on where the descriptor is included.

For example, when min_value_in_region_of_video/max_value_in_region_ofvideo fields are included in a segment, these fields can indicateminimum/maximum depth/disparity values of divided regions of a picturein the segment. When the fields are included in a representation, thefields can indicate minimum/maximum depth/disparity values of dividedregions of a picture in a segment belonging to the representation. Inaddition, when the fields are included in AdaptationSet, the fields canindicate minimum/maximum depth/disparity values of divided regions of apicture in a segment included in a representation while belonging to theAdaptationSet.

As described above, in the case of a descriptor which delivers360-degree subtitle related metadata when a depth or disparity value ofsubtitles is controlled according to a depth or disparity value of aviewport, the @ schemeIdURI field may have a value ofurn:mpeg:dash:subtitle:overlay8:201x. This may be a value identifyingthe corresponding descriptor as a descriptor delivering the 360-degreesubtitle related metadata according to the above-described embodiment.

The @value field of the descriptor may have the same values as the shownembodiment. That is, parameters of @value which are discriminated by “,”can correspond to the fields of the aforementioned 360-degree subtitlerelated metadata. In the shown embodiment, the parameters can have thesame meanings as the aforementioned signaling fields having the samenames. That is, the 360-degree subtitle related metadata according toall of the above-described embodiments can be described in the form of aDASH based descriptor.

FIG. 51 is a diagram showing a method of providing a subtitle for360-degree content (on the transmitting side) according to an embodimentof the present invention.

The method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thetransmitting side) according to an embodiment of the present inventionincludes: generating 360-degree video; stitching the 360-degree video;projecting 360-degree video onto a 2D image; encoding the 2D image intoa video stream; generating a 360-degree subtitle SEI message; insertingthe 360-degree subtitle SEI message into the video stream; and/orgenerating a broadcast signal and transmitting the broadcast signal.

The method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thetransmitting side) according to an embodiment of the present inventionmay be performed by the 360-degree video transmission device describedabove.

The 360-degree video transmission device described above may furtherinclude a processor. The processor may generate 360-degree video databased on an image/video captured by at least one camera. In theembodiment of the 360-degree video transmission device described above,it is illustrated that the processor serving to perform this operationexists outside the apparatus and the 360-degree video transmissiondevice receives the 360-degree video data. However, in some embodiments,the 360-degree video transmission device may contain the processor.

The stitcher of the 360-degree video transmission device described abovemay stitch the 360-degree video data. The projection processor of the360-degree video transmission device described above may project the360-degree video data onto a 2D image. The data encoder of the360-degree video transmission device described above may encode the 2Dimage into a video stream. The metadata processor of the 360-degreevideo transmission device described above may generate the 360-degreesubtitle SEI message described above. Here, the 360-degree subtitle SEImessage may be a 360-degree subtitle SEI message according to theabove-described embodiments. The 360-degree subtitle SEI message maysignal a subtitle for 360-degree content. The data encoder describedabove may insert the 360-degree subtitle SEI message into the videostream. The transmission processor of the 360-degree video transmissiondevice described above may generate a broadcast signal using the videostream. The transmitter of the 360-degree video transmission devicedescribed above may transmit the broadcast signal. Each of thecomponents of the 360-degree video transmission device described aboveis configured as described above.

In the method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thetransmitting side) according to this embodiment, the 360-degree subtitleSEI message may contain a subtitle ID for identifying the subtitle, aregion ID for identifying a subtitle region in which the subtitle isoverlaid on the 360-degree space and/or subtitle region information forspecifying the subtitle region within the 360-degree space.

Here, the subtitle region information may be fixed region information oroffset region information. Here, the fixed region information may beinformation for specifying a fixed region when the subtitle region ispresent in the fixed region within the 360-degree space. The offsetregion information may be information for specifying a region whichvaries within the 300-degree space according to a viewport when thesubtitle region is present in the varying region. This information hasbeen described above.

In a method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thetransmitting side) according to another embodiment of the presentinvention, the fixed region information may include first informationindicating the upper left end point of the subtitle region and/or secondinformation indicating the lower right end point of the subtitle region.

In a method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thetransmitting side) according to another embodiment of the presentinvention, the fixed region information may include first, second andthird information indicating a start point, an end point and/or anintermediate point of the subtitle region. The first information mayindicate the start point that is a diagonal vertex of the subtitleregion. The second information may indicate the end point that isdiagonally located on the opposite side with respect to the vertexindicated by the first information. The third information may indicatean intermediate point for specifying the position of the subtitle regionin the 360-degree space.

In a method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thetransmitting side) according to another embodiment of the presentinvention, the fixed region information may include center pointinformation indicating a center point of the subtitle region and/or thevertical/horizontal range of the subtitle region with respect to thecenter point. Here, the center point information may indicate the centerpoint of the subtitle region through the values of yaw, pitch, and roll.

In a method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thetransmitting side) according to another embodiment of the presentinvention, the offset region information may include offset center pointinformation, range information, and/or type information indicating thecenter point of the subtitle region. The offset center point informationmay indicate the center point of the subtitle region using the offsetvalues of yaw, pitch, and roll. The range information may include rangeinformation indicating a vertical/horizontal range of the subtitleregion with respect to the center point. The type information mayindicate the type of the offset center point information, i.e., how theoffset center point information indicates the center point.

In a method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thetransmitting side) according to another embodiment of the presentinvention, when the type information indicates a first type, the offsetcenter point information may indicate that an offset from the centerpoint of the subtitle region to the center point of the viewport isbeing used. The offset center point information may indicate thedifference between the two center points as offset values of yaw, pitch,and roll.

In a method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thetransmitting side) according to another embodiment of the presentinvention, when the type information indicates a second type, the offsetcenter point information may indicate an offset from the center point ofthe subtitle region to the center point of the previous subtitle regionspecified by the previous 360-degree subtitle SEI message. The offsetcenter point information may indicate the difference between the twocenter points with offset values of yaw, pitch, and roll.

In a method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thetransmitting side) according to another embodiment of the presentinvention, the 360-degree subtitle SEI message may include numberinformation and a plurality of region ID-subtitle region informationsets. The number information may indicate the number of subtitle regionsin which the same subtitle identified by the subtitle ID is overlaidwithin the 360-degree space. As many ID-subtitle region information setsas indicated by the number information may be included in the 360-degreesubtitle SEI message to provide information on each subtitle region. Theregion ID may identify the corresponding subtitle region. The subtitleregion information may specify the subtitle regions where the subtitleis overlaid.

Hereinafter, description will be given of a method of providing asubtitle for 360-degree content (on the receiving side) according to anembodiment of the present invention. This method is not illustrated inthe drawings.

According to an embodiment, the method of providing a subtitle for360-degree content (on the receiving side) may include receiving abroadcast signal, pressing the broadcast signal and acquiring a videostream, decoding the video stream and acquiring a 360-degree subtitleSEI message, re-projecting 360-degree video data into a 3D space, andproviding a 360-degree subtitle to the 360-degree content using the360-degree subtitle SEI message.

The method of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thereceiving side) according to an embodiment may be performed by the360-degree video reception device described above.

The methods of providing a subtitle for 360-degree content (on thereceiving side) according to the embodiments of the present inventionmay correspond to the methods of providing a subtitle for 360-degreecontent (on the transmitting side) according to the embodiments of thepresent invention described above. The methods of providing a subtitlefor 360-degree content (on the receiving side) may be performed byhardware modules corresponding to the components (e.g., the receiver,the reception processor, the data decoder, the metadata parser, therenderer, and the like) used for the method of providing a subtitle for360-degree content (on the transmitting side). The method of providing asubtitle for 360-degree content (on the receiving side) may haveembodiments corresponding to the embodiments of the method of providinga subtitle for 360-degree content (on the transmitting side).

The steps described above may be omitted or replaced by other steps ofperforming the same/similar operations according to embodiments.

A device for transmitting a broadcast signal according to an embodimentof the present invention is illustrated. This device is not shown in thedrawings.

The device for transmitting a broadcast signal according to anembodiment of the present invention may include a processor, a stitcher,a projection processor, a data encoder, a metadata processor, atransmission processor, and/or a transmitter. Each of the blocks ormodules is configured as described above.

The device for transmitting a broadcast signal and the internalmodules/blocks thereof according to an embodiment of the presentinvention may implement the method of providing a subtitle for360-degree content (on the transmitting side) of the present inventiondescribed above.

Hereinafter, a description will be given of a device for receiving abroadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.This device is not shown in the drawings.

The device for receiving a broadcast signal may include the receiver,the reception processor, the data decoder, the metadata parser, and therenderer as described above. Each of the blocks and modules isconfigured as described above.

The device for receiving a broadcast signal and the internalmodules/blocks thereof according to an embodiment of the presentinvention may implement embodiments of the method of providing asubtitle for 360-degree content (on the receiving side).

The internal blocks/modules and the like of the device described abovemay be processors for executing the sequential processes stored in thememory, or may be hardware elements located inside/outside the devicedepending on embodiments.

The modules described above may be omitted or replaced by other modulesconfigured to perform the same/similar operations according to anembodiment.

The module or unit may be one or more processors designed to execute aseries of execution steps stored in the memory (or the storage unit).Each step described in the above-mentioned embodiments may beimplemented by hardware and/or processors. Each module, each block,and/or each unit described in the above-mentioned embodiments may berealized by hardware or a processor. In addition, the above-mentionedmethods of the present invention may be realized by code written inrecoding media configured to be read by a processor so that the code canbe read by the processor provided by the apparatus.

Although the description of the present invention is explained withreference to each of the accompanying drawings for clarity, it ispossible to design new embodiment(s) by merging the embodiments shown inthe accompanying drawings with each other. If a recording mediumreadable by a computer, in which programs for executing the embodimentsmentioned in the foregoing description are recorded, is designed bythose skilled in the art, it may be within the scope of the appendedclaims and their equivalents.

An apparatus and method according to the present invention may benon-limited by the configurations and methods of the embodimentsmentioned in the foregoing description. The embodiments mentioned in theforegoing description can be configured in a manner of being selectivelycombined with one another entirely or in part to enable variousmodifications.

In addition, a method according to the present invention can beimplemented with processor-readable code in a processor-readablerecording medium provided to a network device. The processor-readablemedium may include all kinds of recording devices capable of storingdata readable by a processor. The processor-readable medium may includeone of ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical datastorage devices, and the like for example and also include such acarrier-wave type implementation such as transmission over the Internet.Furthermore, as the processor-readable recording medium is distributedto a computer system connected via a network, processor-readable codecan be saved and executed according to a distributed system.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made in the present inventionwithout departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it isintended that the present invention cover the modifications andvariations of this invention provided they come within the scope of theappended claims and their equivalents.

Both apparatus and method inventions are mentioned in this specificationand descriptions of both of the apparatus and method inventions may becomplementarily applied to each other.

MODE FOR INVENTION

Various embodiments have been described in the best mode for carryingout the invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention is applicable to VR related fields.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made in the present inventionwithout departing from the spirit or scope of the inventions. Thus, itis intended that the present invention cover the modifications andvariations of the invention provided they come within the scope of theappended claims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of providing subtitles for 360-degreecontent, the method comprising: generating 360-degree video datacaptured by at least one camera; stitching the 360-degree video data;projecting the 360-degree video data to a 2D image; encoding the 2Dimage into a video stream; generating a 360-degree subtitle SupplementalEnhancement Information (SEI) message for signaling a subtitle for the360-degree content; inserting the 360-degree subtitle SEI message intothe video stream, the 360-degree subtitle SEI message including asubtitle ID for identifying the subtitle, a region ID for identifying asubtitle region where the subtitle is overlaid in a 360-degree space,and subtitle region information being fixed region information forspecifying the subtitle region fixed in the 360-degree space or offsetregion information for specifying the subtitle region changing in the360-degree space based on a viewport; and generating a signal includingthe video stream, and transmitting the signal.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein the fixed region information includes first informationindicating a top-left point of the subtitle region, and secondinformation indicating a bottom-right point of the subtitle region inthe 360-degree space.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the fixed regioninformation includes first information indicating a start point being anangular point of the subtitle region, second information indicating anend point which is a different angular point of the subtitle regiondiagonally located from the angular point, and third informationindicating a middle point for specifying a location of the subtitleregion in the 360-degree space.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein thefixed region information includes center information indicating yaw,pitch and roll values of a center point of the subtitle region, andrange information indicating horizontal and vertical ranges of thesubtitle region from the center point.
 5. The method of claim 1, whereinthe offset region information includes offset center informationindicating yaw, pitch and roll offsets for a center point of thesubtitle region, range information indicating horizontal and verticalranges of the subtitle region from the center point, and typeinformation for indicating a type of the offset center information. 6.The method of claim 5, when the type information indicates a first type,the offset center information indicates yaw, pitch and roll offsetsbetween the center point of the subtitle region and a center point ofthe viewport currently being used.
 7. The method of claim 5, when thetype information indicates a second type, the offset center informationindicates yaw, pitch and roll offsets between the center point of thesubtitle region and a center point of a previous subtitle regionspecified by a previous 360-degree subtitle SEI message.
 8. The methodof claim 1, wherein the 360-degree subtitle SEI message further includesnumber information for indicating the number of multiple subtitleregions where the same subtitle identified by the subtitle ID isoverlayed, and multiple sets of region IDs and subtitle regioninformation for identifying and specifying the multiple subtitle regionsin the 360-degree space.
 9. An apparatus for providing subtitles for360-degree content, the apparatus comprising: a processor configured togenerate 360-degree video data captured by at least one camera; astitcher configured to stitch the 360-degree video data; a projectionprocessor configured to project the 360-degree video data to a 2D image;a data encoder configured to encode the 2D image into a video stream; ametadata processor configured to generate a 360-degree subtitleSupplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) message for signaling asubtitle for the 360-degree content, wherein the data encoder is furtherconfigured to insert the 360-degree subtitle SEI message into the videostream, the 360-degree subtitle SEI message including a subtitle ID foridentifying the subtitle, a region ID for identifying a subtitle regionwhere the subtitle is overlaid in a 360-degree space, and subtitleregion information being fixed region information for specifying thesubtitle region fixed in the 360-degree space or offset regioninformation for specifying the subtitle region changing in the360-degree space based on a viewport; a transport processor configuredto generate a signal including the video stream; and a transmitterconfigured to transmit the signal.
 10. The apparatus of claim 9, whereinthe fixed region information includes first information indicating atop-left point of the subtitle region, and second information indicatinga bottom-right point of the subtitle region in the 360-degree space. 11.The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the fixed region information includesfirst information indicating a start point being an angular point of thesubtitle region, second information indicating an end point which is adifferent angular point of the subtitle region diagonally located fromthe angular point, and third information indicating a middle point forspecifying a location of the subtitle region in the 360-degree space.12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the fixed region informationincludes center information indicating yaw, pitch and roll values of acenter point of the subtitle region, and range information indicatinghorizontal and vertical ranges of the subtitle region from the centerpoint.
 13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the offset regioninformation includes offset center information indicating yaw, pitch androll offsets for a center point of the subtitle region, rangeinformation indicating horizontal and vertical ranges of the subtitleregion from the center point, and type information for indicating a typeof the offset center information.
 14. The apparatus of claim 13, whenthe type information indicates a first type, the offset centerinformation indicates yaw, pitch and roll offsets between the centerpoint of the subtitle region and a center point of the viewportcurrently being used.
 15. The apparatus of claim 13, when the typeinformation indicates a second type, the offset center informationindicates yaw, pitch and roll offsets between the center point of thesubtitle region and a center point of a previous subtitle regionspecified by a previous 360-degree subtitle SEI message.
 16. Theapparatus of claim 9, wherein the 360-degree subtitle SEI messagefurther includes number information for indicating the number ofmultiple subtitle regions where the same subtitle identified by thesubtitle ID is overlayed, and multiple sets of region IDs and subtitleregion information for identifying and specifying the multiple subtitleregions in the 360-degree space.